Both Kueski and Afluenta have recently managed to attract the attentions of venture capital firms that have a specific mandate to effect growth in emerging markets. Peer-to-peer lender Afluenta closed an $8m Series B round in March, in part in order to branch out into Mexico – and indeed into Colombia and Brazil. But Afluenta occupies a separate slice of the market, offering loans of up to $100k, to be repaid in up to 48 fixed installments. Kueski is targeting the micro finance space, in the first instance lending up to $2,000, over far shorter time frames. 

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