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Xcapit

Finance

Social impact & Sustainability

Asset custody & management

Regenerative finance

Ethereum

Polygon

BSC

Latin America

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A UNICEF Innovation Fund portfolio company, Xcapit, is a self-custodial wallet that provides access to key financial services in informal economies. For example, access to credit. In Argentina, where the initial pilot took place, 91% of applicants are rejected in traditional credit requests. Xcapit is addressing this challenge with its credit processing and lending infrastructure.

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