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April 8, 2019
"Fintech startup Branch International, which assesses creditworthiness using smartphone data, has raised $170 million in Series C financing and announced a new partnership with Visa. Foundation Capital and Visa led the round, which also included...."
Read moreApril 8, 2019
"Branch International, a Silicon Valley-based start-up that offers loans to first-time borrowers and customers without bank accounts in Africa, India and Mexico, has raised $170m in new financing. The deal, which is made up of a combination of equity and debt, forms part of a new alliance with payments group Visa."
Read moreMarch 14, 2019
"San Francisco-based startup Branch International, a mobile app-based lender with operations in Africa and Latin America, launched in India this month. Branch offers customers personal loans from Rs 500 to Rs 50,000 through its Android app and is one of the..."
Read moreMarch 13, 2019
"MUMBAI: San Francisco based startup Branch International, a mobile app-based lender with operations in Africa and Latin America, launched in India this month. Branch offers customers personal loans from Rs 500 to Rs 50,000 through its Android app and is one of the first..."
Read moreMarch 28, 2018
"You don’t hear of many $2 loans in the United States, where $2 won’t buy you more than a chocolate bar. But in cities like Lagos, Nigeria, and Nairobi, Kenya, $2 has the buying power of roughly $40, making such 'micro' loans useful when you’re running..."
Read moreDecember 20, 2017
"Branch, a Facebook-linked mobile phone money lending app, is set to receive an equity investment of Sh309 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fuel its expansion. IFC, the World Bank’s private financing arm, says the..."
Read moreJuly 28, 2017
"If you have never heard of Branch, pay attention. Branch is a mobile lending app, founded in 2015, that offers loans of up to Ksh. 50,000 through its Android app. The app builds a credit score of the user by analysing their M-Pesa usage and over..."
Read moreJuly 24, 2017
"Branch makes small personal loans to people in sub-Saharan African countries like Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria via their Android phones. Applicants download Branch’s app which scours personal data on their phone such as texts, calls..."
Read moreNovember 30, 2016
"A handful of Silicon Valley-backed startups are looking to revolutionize lending in the developing world, where banks are scarce and many would-be borrowers have no credit history. Their strategy: Show me your smartphone, and my app will find out..."
Read moreApril 22, 2016
"Matt Flannery, Branch's co-founder and chief executive officer, discusses the Branch app and the mobile banking landscape with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on 'Bloomberg West.'"
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