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EP815: Building a FinTech future, assisting the unbanked in emerging markets
Episode 815
Published 1 year, 1 month ago
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Matiss Ansviesulis, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor
Matiss Ansviesulis co-founded Creamfinance (rebranded to AvaFin.com) in 2012 in Latvia. The firm was taken over by Capitec in 2024. Ansviesulis has not been idle, co-founding a string of FinTechs including Spanda Capital, NewSchool, Esketit, FU Capital, and Money.jo. Here, he talks to Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence about the challenges of helping the unbanked in emerging markets, and how Latvia and the other Baltic states have developed a thriving FinTech ecosystem.