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Greg was born in Ukraine and moved to the United States when he was 16 years old
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Most of his early career was in finance and private equity
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FORUM was set up as an investment vehicle for Southeast Asia after watching what occurred in emerging Europe
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Reviewed GDP per capita comparisons of the penetration of unsecured consumer finance in Southeast Asia
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What he found was that in emerging markets at about USD 3K to 5K GDP per capita, you start to get exponential growth in the penetration of consumer finance
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Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines are all at that cusp of the GDP per capital inflection point
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Why the team decided to launch in the Philippines
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Putting your cash in a stash
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One of Tonik’s corporate values is having a sense of humor
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Data and predictive analytics
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Financial literacy and why it matters
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We’re the Opposite of That
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A Fundamental Reshaping of the Value Chain
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