Digital credit provider Mines has raised $ 13 million in a Series A funding round led by The Rise Fund . Mines CEO Ekechi Nwokah said the company aims to help customers without a smartphone get access to credit , and scours high - volume data such as medical records and bank transactions in real time , to assess credit risk . Mines’ executives, left to right: Mines , which launched in 2017 , has been used by more than one million customers in Nigeria , and the latest version will be used to expand across Africa and into Southeast Asia .
Digital credit provider Mines has raised $ 13 million in a Series A funding round led by The Rise Fund . Mines CEO Ekechi Nwokah said the company aims to help customers without a smartphone get access to credit , and scours high - volume data such as medical records and bank transactions in real time , to assess credit risk . Mines , which launched in 2017 , has been used by more than one million customers in Nigeria , and the latest version will be used to expand across Africa and into Southeast Asia .