Atmos joins a wave of financial startups pushing big banks to stop lending to new-build fossil fuel projects. Money doesn’t just sit in savings accounts doing nothing. Banks recirculate deposited cash as loans — for cars, homes, even oil pipelines — and pay customers interest for the service. Startup Atmos Financial ensures that the money […]
Fintech and solar startups kept funding up in Africa’s ecosystem in 2020 despite the pandemic
Despite a downturn in Africa’s economy for the first time in 25 years in the wake of the global pandemic, investor interest in the continent’s tech ecosystem remained strong in 2020 as startup funding crossed the $1 billion-mark again as it did for the first time in 2019. Investors poured at least $1.3 billion of […]
Qatar Is Supporting Fintech Development with Sustainable Solar Energy Initiatives, Local Firms Using Blockchain to Streamline Operations
Qatar has been ranked or classified as a high-income economy by the World Bank. Although the Middle Eastern country only has a GDP of around $200 billion (a lot less compared to many trillion-dollar economies), it’s home to just over 2.7 million people so the GDP per capita is quite high (around $70,000 per person). […]
