Lenders battle against fraudsters; a case for an industry blacklist
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Lenders battle against fraudsters; a case for an industry blacklist

As digital lending surges in Nigeria, fraud has quietly become one of the industry’s biggest threats, with coordinated identity theft and serial loan defaulters overwhelming individual lenders who battle in isolation. The danger isn’t unique. Kenya offers a stark warning, with an estimated 3.2 million people blacklisted on the country’s TransUnion credit bureau. Without a unified industry blacklist to identify and curb repeat offenders, Nigerian lenders risk following the same path, continually staying several steps behind increasingly sophisticated fraudsters.

Uburyo 5 bwo Kwigaragaza nk’Umugurizabikorwa Utandukanye mu Rwanda
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Uburyo 5 bwo Kwigaragaza nk’Umugurizabikorwa Utandukanye mu Rwanda

U Rwanda rwahinduye amateka yarurangwagamo n’ibikomere rukaba kimwe mu bihugu bifite iterambere ryihuse muri Afurika, bigaragarira mu mahame arugenga no mu bushake bwo kwiyubaka. Dushingiye ku bunararibonye dufite mu nganda z’imari, twasanze u Rwanda ari ahantu heza ho gukorera inguzanyo hifashishijwe ikoranabuhanga. Imiyoborere myiza n’iyubahirizwa ry’amategeko bigaragara mu Rwanda bituma habaho icyizere ku isoko ry’imari. […]

Lendsqr brings its lending technology to Liberia’s non-profits and DFIs
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Lendsqr brings its lending technology to Liberia’s non-profits and DFIs

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