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Interswitch: Infrastructure Alone Won’t Fix Nigeria’s Un- and Underbanked Problem
Interswitch: Infrastructure Alone Won’t Fix Nigeria’s Un- and Underbanked Problem
April 29, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Accelerating financial inclusion and bringing un- and underbanked populations into the formal financial sector is increasingly on the agenda of several governments and policymakers in...

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Circle, SeedInvest Launch Community Pitch Competition for Historically Underrepresented Founders
Circle, SeedInvest Launch Community Pitch Competition for Historically Underrepresented Founders
April 26, 2022  |  Partnerships

USD Coin stablecoin issuer Circle and startup fundraising program SeedInvest on Tuesday (April 26) launched the Community Pitch Competition, an effort to provide access to...

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Rewire and Paysafe Team Up to Help Migrants Manage Their Cash
Rewire and Paysafe Team Up to Help Migrants Manage Their Cash
April 26, 2022  |  Partnerships

Africa and Asia migrant-focused cross-border financial services platform Rewire on Tuesday (April 26) teamed up with payments platform Paysafe to bring the offering to cash-reliant...

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Ethereum-Killer Algorand Blacks out Times Square to Celebrate Going Carbon Negative
Ethereum-Killer Algorand Blacks out Times Square to Celebrate Going Carbon Negative
April 25, 2022  |  Blockchain

One of the Ethereum-killer blockchains is betting that its green footprint is an advantage that it can use to woo developers and investors away from...

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Tajik B2B FinTech Alif Prepares to Enter Pakistan’s Unbanked SMB Market
Tajik B2B FinTech Alif Prepares to Enter Pakistan’s Unbanked SMB Market
April 24, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Alif, a FinTech based in Tajikistan, is looking at getting more into the Pakistan FinTech space to help the unbanked, according to a report Sunday...

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Yapily Partners With Yonder to Offer Credit to Underserved
Yapily Partners With Yonder to Offer Credit to Underserved
April 20, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Credit card startup Yonder is teaming up with open banking platform Yapily to provide consumers access to credit without needing a U.K. credit score. Working...

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Inflation Forces Further Belt-Tightening Among Already Tight Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers
Inflation Forces Further Belt-Tightening Among Already Tight Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers
April 19, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Roughly half of the United States adult population has never been here before. Most consumers are too young to remember the last time inflation reached...

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WSFS Bank Launches $3M Down Payment Grant Program
WSFS Bank Launches $3M Down Payment Grant Program
April 18, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

WSFS Bank, the primary subsidiary of WSFS Financial Corporation, launched the WSFS Down Payment Grant Program on Monday (April 18), which will offer grants of...

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Wells Fargo Partners With Operation HOPE to Foster Inclusion for Unbanked
Wells Fargo Partners With Operation HOPE to Foster Inclusion for Unbanked
April 13, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Wells Fargo and Operation HOPE are partnering to foster financial inclusion and remove barriers to unbanked populations, half of which are Black, African American, Hispanic...

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