title: Zack Marks - Crypto Enabled Financing for Emerging Markets SMBs (Frontier Markets Podcast #8)
author: Frontier Markets Institute
contenttype: article
publication: Frontier Markets Podcast
published: 2023-03-31T08:00:00+00:00
sourceurl: https://frontiermarkets.captivate.fm/episode/zack-marks-crypto-enabled-financing-for-emerging-markets-smbs-frontier-markets-podcast-8
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In this episode of the Frontier Markets Podcast, we have a conversation with Zack Marks, the founder of Jia Finance . Zack has been involved in unlocking capital for small and medium sized businesses in emerging markets for the last decade; and Jia Finance is the latest culmination of those efforts. In this episode, we cover: The origin story of Jia Finance; a crypto lending protocol that makes it easier for global pools of capital to engage in data driven lending for SMEs in Kenya, Philippines, and India The market landscape for crypto meeting emerging markets Industry overviews of the financial systems in Kenya and Philippines. Stories of founders in emerging markets, and discussion on cultures of entrepreneurship. This was an incredibly fun conversation. In particular, I liked the part where we got to touch upon the design space of community finance within different cultures. --- Related Resources: Jia Finance on Twitter Zack on Linkedin Cool Newsletter on Crypto across Africa.