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The Russian Connection (To Alt Lending Globally)
Alternative Finances // August 08, 2017

ID Finance Co-Founders Boris Batine and Alexander Dunaev were far from newcomers to the world of finance when they started up their business in 2012. Long before founding a data science, credit scoring and digital finance company, the Russian-born and U.K.-educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad...

Visa And The QR Code Evolution/Revolution
Payment Methods // August 01, 2017

The QR code hasn’t always seemed like a world-changing technology. When it first appeared in the developed world approximately two decades ago — the technology was first invented in 1994 — to most consumers and corporate onlookers, it seemed like a mildly interesting technology with perhaps...

Interviews & Exclusives
Push Payments’ Path To Digital Innovation In The Developing World

June 05, 2019
Push payments have been a topic of conversation in the developed world for the last several years, across verticals and use cases. Riding the card rails in reverse has unlocked new opportunities to enable more efficient payments to policyholders from insurance companies, from consumers and businesses to gig workers, and from alt lenders to consumer […]

The Russian Connection (To Alt Lending Globally)

August 08, 2017
ID Finance Co-Founders Boris Batine and Alexander Dunaev were far from newcomers to the world of finance when they started up their business in 2012. Long before founding a data...

Visa And The QR Code Evolution/Revolution

August 01, 2017
The QR code hasn’t always seemed like a world-changing technology. When it first appeared in the developed world approximately two decades ago — the technology was first invented in 1994...