The number of people living in poverty in the U.S. increased in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world, but the level was offset...
The leaders behind Klarna, Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga are joining other startup founders and H&M’s founding Persson family to fund firms that are trying...
Microlending is a relatively simple concept that can be complicated to evaluate. The theory behind it, pioneered by Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, is pretty...
Whole Foods has announced that both Amazon and Chase will donate a portion of purchases made with an Amazon Rewards Visa Card to Whole Planet Foundation, a...
Mexico’s new government, led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is setting its sights on financial technology to get the country out of poverty. According to...
Microlending – or small loans (less than a few hundred dollars) – has become a popular, buzzed-about method of poverty relief over the last few...
The government in France is working on a new plan to help the country’s poor in which it could cap the fees a bank can...
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne believes that blockchain might be the world’s greatest hope in ending global poverty. In an exclusive interview with FOX Business, Byrne...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a study Wednesday (June 7) that shows the way consumers establish their credit history can differ based on...