financial inclusion

Airfox, Mastercard Team To Expand Digital Banking In Brazil

Airfox, Mastercard Team To Expand Digital Banking In Brazil
Airfox, Mastercard Team To Expand Digital Banking In Brazil
July 03, 2019  |  Partnerships

Digital challenger banking startup Airfox has announced a partnership with Mastercard Brazil to expand the availability of low-cost banking solutions, according to a release by...

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David Marcus Defends Libra As Payments Champion For The Unbanked
David Marcus Defends Libra As Payments Champion For The Unbanked
July 03, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

The co-creator of Facebook’s recently announced cryptocurrency, Libra, said the currency was created to help the unbanked population easily access the financial system, according to...

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Why PayPal Agreed To Take A Seat At Libra’s Table
Why PayPal Agreed To Take A Seat At Libra’s Table
June 28, 2019  |  Facebook / Meta

In the aftermath of Facebook’s unveiling of Libra and its Calibra wallet, among the many questions raised was how it managed to get so many...

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What The Launch Of Facebook’s Libra Means For Payments
What The Launch Of Facebook’s Libra Means For Payments
June 18, 2019  |  Facebook / Meta

The endless speculation over Facebook’s plans to build a new set of global payments rails and launch a global cryptocurrency comes to an end today...

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Russia Joins The Faster Payments Revolution
Russia Joins The Faster Payments Revolution
June 17, 2019  |  Real-Time Payments

The rise of faster payment systems has become a global phenomenon. In the past few years, several global markets have invested resources into developing payment...

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Mastercard Bets On Biometric Cards To Advance Inclusion
Mastercard Bets On Biometric Cards To Advance Inclusion
June 13, 2019  |  Mastercard

In early May, Mastercard, in partnership with SEDESSON, the Mexico state agency for social benefits, and Edenred Bank, announced a first-of-its-kind test in Mexico’s Sonora...

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Square Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Launches Refugee Business Initiative
Square Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Launches Refugee Business Initiative
June 11, 2019  |  Financial Inclusion

Twitter CEO and Square Co-Founder Jack Dorsey has started an initiative to help entrepreneurs who are refugees use mobile and card payments, to aid in...

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Trulioo Teams With Refinitiv To Bring 5B Consumers Into The Financial Mainstream
Trulioo Teams With Refinitiv To Bring 5B Consumers Into The Financial Mainstream
June 04, 2019  |  Financial Inclusion

Call it the curse of innovation, perhaps. It’s that tendency (seen often in payments and commerce) to always think years, or a decade or two,...

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