financial inclusion

Contis Applies For RBS Bailout Fund, Looking To Develop SMBs

Contis Applies For RBS Bailout Fund, Looking To Develop SMBs
Contis Applies For RBS Bailout Fund, Looking To Develop SMBs
August 06, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Payments provider Contis has applied for the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) Alternative Remedies Package, two grants totaling £35 million...

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Grab Launches Microinvestment Solution, Consumer Loans, BNPL Plans
Grab Launches Microinvestment Solution, Consumer Loans, BNPL Plans
August 04, 2020  |  Mobile

Grab Financial Group (GFG), a Southeast Asia financial technology (FinTech) and ridesharing company, is expanding its reach with the announcement on Tuesday (Aug. 4) that it...

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Mastercard’s Head Of Innovation: How The Microsoft Partnership Will Boost Digital Commerce Globally
Mastercard’s Head Of Innovation: How The Microsoft Partnership Will Boost Digital Commerce Globally
July 29, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

Payments and commerce players are used to rapidly changing landscapes. One of the defining characteristics of the past decade or so has been that what’s...

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India’s UPI Hits 1.34B In June Transaction Volumes
India’s UPI Hits 1.34B In June Transaction Volumes
July 26, 2020  |  Digital Payments

India has embraced its model for digital payments so much that it intends to take it global. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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US Senate Committee Weighs Pros And Cons Of Digital Dollar
US Senate Committee Weighs Pros And Cons Of Digital Dollar
June 30, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Digital dollar advocates told a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday (June 30) that electronic currencies could help consumers. However, committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) said...

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Zogo: How A 21-Year-Old Duke University Grad Is Reinventing Financial Literacy
Zogo: How A 21-Year-Old Duke University Grad Is Reinventing Financial Literacy
June 29, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

When Bolun Li was in high school, a local bank came in and offered a heavily branded PowerPoint presentation about financial services and money management...

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Dr. Annamaria Lusardi: FinTech Is Great, But No Substitute For Teaching Kids Financial Literacy
Dr. Annamaria Lusardi: FinTech Is Great, But No Substitute For Teaching Kids Financial Literacy
June 15, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

Everyone in a modern society needs to know how to read, so America spends an awful lot of time, treasure and talent developing literacy curricula...

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Experts Tell Congress It’s Time To Create A ‘Digital Dollar’
Experts Tell Congress It’s Time To Create A ‘Digital Dollar’
June 12, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Trillions of dollars in federal COVID-19 stimulus payments are being disbursed through paper checks, prepaid debit cards and direct deposit — not very streamlined conduits...

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