PawnHero, a mobile pawn shop service startup company, is disrupting the alternative finance status quo and working to revolutionize the way consumers in the Philippines engage with their pawn shops. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
U.S. households that include not one person with a checking or savings account, otherwise known as the unbanked, declined to a record low of 7 percent in 2015. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Better addressing the unbanked and underbanked has the potential to change the fortunes of financial firms — if only they are allowed into the banking system in the first place. At the same time, firms have to make sure they truly know their customers. Johnny Ayers, cofounder...
The emergence of financial technology has been changing the way we do business, pay bills and even extend money to friends and family, speeding the flow of cash from senders to recipients. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Shipping containers are large enough to be more than a means to get products from Point A to Point B. It turns out they can also be retrofitted to serve as banks. That’s what First National Bank of South Africa is doing. According to a...
MasterCard and the government of Rwanda have announced a collaboration to help bring more of its citizens into the financial fold. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
PayPal and Village Capital announced Tuesday (March 8) their global collaboration efforts aimed at supporting startups that serve the financially excluded. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
The Silicon Valley-based startup Stellar, an open-source payment network that’s backed by Stripe, has announced a new partnership aimed at bringing instant money transfers to Nigeria. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Which end of a global remittance transaction — the sender or the recipient — should be the top priority if the focus is to improve financial inclusion? Nirnay Sinha, Global VP for Mobile & Emerging Payments at Mozido, tells MPD CEO Karen Webster that the...
