Nadeem Hussain Talks About Financial Inclusion at Google HQ [Video]

As one of Asia’s leading social impact entrepreneur, tech investor and financial inclusion pioneer, Nadeem Hussain was invited to give a Google Talk at Google’s Mountain View Googleplex Campus, on “Financial Inclusion for the Next Billion Users”.

Nadeem is the founder of Telenor (formerly Tameer) Microfinance Bank, recognized by the World Bank as one of the largest and most socially impactful banks in its field globally, with its EasyPaisa offering rated as the world’s second largest branchless banking solution.

His latest venture, Planet N Group, is Pakistan’s foremost technology-focused growth capital and incubator platform, currently comprising 22 companies in the AdTech, FinTech, Virtual Reality, Mobile Gaming, E-Commerce, E-Media and E-Health spaces, in addition to 17 incubator investments.

Furthermore, Planet N continues Nadeem’s mission-driven legacy, with financial inclusion as its core mission.

On August 10th Nadeem and Shahryar Reza, the Head of Planet N’s International Division, were hosted at Googleplex for the day. Nadeem’s talk focused on the founding and growth of Tameer Bank and Planet N and the scope for digitization to engender large scale and transformational financial inclusion in emerging markets.

The talk was followed by a Q&A session with Google management and employees, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and students from Stanford and beyond. The day culminated in a tour of the campus and a lunch hosted in Nadeem’s honor.

The talk was part of a wider two-week Silicon Valley & USA tour which focused on building strategic partnerships for Planet N in the technology and social impact spaces while more broadly raising awareness about the digital revolution occurring in Pakistan and similar emerging markets.