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In South Africa the "big" (historically incumbent) banks were indeed disrupted by a "startup" bank relatively recently (in the last 20 years) - and this startup
by herodoturtle 2y ago
In South Africa the "big" (historically incumbent) banks were indeed disrupted by a "startup" bank relatively recently (in the last 20 years) - and this startup bank went on to in turn become one of the big banks.
There is an excellent book called "Stalking Giants" [1] that covers this story nicely. It's a fun read (especially for South Africans) and was published recently.
[1] https://www.amazon.co.za/Capitec-Stalking-Giants-T-J-Strydom/dp/0624093131 https://www.amazon.co.za/Capitec-Stalking-Giants-T-J-Strydom...
- NoPicklez 2y agoWhat did they do to "disrupt" the others?