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Egyptian<\/strong> Crowdfunding startup <\/strong>Moneyfellows<\/strong><\/a> is digitizing the concept of a \u201cGameya\u201d to <\/strong>make access to interest-free lending easier<\/strong>, Elias Jabbe writes for Wamda<\/a>. Besides being a fintech platform, Moneyfellows also devised a novel credit-scoring method. \u201cWe've learned that things like socially scoring people, referrals, vouching, and payroll connecting can build a new era of credit scoring in the region, enabling and empowering financial inclusion,\u201d said founder Ahmed Wadi. Moneyfellows was part of the Barclays Egypt and Flat6Labs\u2019 1864 fintech startup accelerator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egyptian Crowdfunding startup Moneyfellows is digitizing the concept of a \u201cGameya\u201d to make access to interest-free lending easier, Elias Jabbe writes for Wamda. Besides being a fintech platform, Moneyfellows also devised a novel credit-scoring method. \u201cWe've learned that things like socially scoring people, referrals, vouching, and payroll connecting can build a new era of credit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9257],"tags":[72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-646194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-your-way-out","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"b20650a3-fbd4-4c93-b04f-1c16582bf1ed","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[646149],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgyptian startup Moneyfellows digitizes the concept of a Gameya - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/07\/egyptian-startup-moneyfellows-digitizes-the-concept-of-a-gameya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egyptian startup Moneyfellows digitizes the concept of a Gameya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Egyptian Crowdfunding startup Moneyfellows is digitizing the concept of a \u201cGameya\u201d to make access to interest-free lending easier, Elias Jabbe writes for Wamda. 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