Name: A Boom in Microlending
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Description: Billions of people worldwide have no access to traditional banking. In Kenya, a $5 loan processed on a basic cell phone is already changing that.

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Billions of people worldwide have no access to traditional banking. In Kenya, a $5 loan processed on a basic cell phone is already changing that.

In this episode, Rudolfo Beltran, vice president of Capital Acquisition, and Dan Smith, director of CRM systems at InNova Global Fund, offer an inside look at how mobile infrastructure and digital wallets such as M-Pesa are turning microlending into a blueprint that investors worldwide are beginning to take seriously.

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