financial inclusion

UK Regulators Warn Banks to Safeguard Again Lending Discrimination if Using AI, ML
UK Regulators Warn Banks to Safeguard Again Lending Discrimination if Using AI, ML
February 13, 2022  |  Regulation

Banks using artificial intelligence (AI) to approve loan applications have been warned by U.K. financial regulators that they can only deploy that technology if they...

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Lease-to-Own Firm Katapult Adds Jane Thompson to Board
Lease-to-Own Firm Katapult Adds Jane Thompson to Board
February 11, 2022  |  Personnel

Lease-to-own platform Katapult has named two new members on its board of directors. As the company said in a news release Friday (Feb. 11), Joyce...

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Card Issuer Elan Launches Charitable Giving Program
Card Issuer Elan Launches Charitable Giving Program
February 10, 2022  |  Credit Unions

Card issuer Elan has launched its Across the Country Charitable Giving program, benefiting 50 charities across the United States. The program, announced in a news...

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Financial Inclusion Policies Move the Underserved Consumer Mainstream
Financial Inclusion Policies Move the Underserved Consumer Mainstream
February 10, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Financial services providers have an opportunity to help the unbanked and underbanked, graduate them to fully banked and retain them as regular customers. Orlando Zayas,...

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New Financing Options Help Patients, Practices Manage Rising Healthcare Costs
New Financing Options Help Patients, Practices Manage Rising Healthcare Costs
February 09, 2022  |  Healthcare

Consumers across demographic groups are feeling the sting of high out-of-pocket medical costs, often delaying or foregoing necessary treatment because they can’t afford it. With...

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Digital Payments, Financing Help Healthcare Practices Focus on Patients — Not Billing
Digital Payments, Financing Help Healthcare Practices Focus on Patients — Not Billing
February 08, 2022  |  Healthcare

As frustrating as the pandemic is for patients, frontline healthcare workers are exhausted, stretched thin and quitting in battalions. This is having impacts across practices,...

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Today in FinTech: Mos Targets Gen Z for Finance Assist; Tipalti Handles Unified eSports Payouts
Today in FinTech: Mos Targets Gen Z for Finance Assist; Tipalti Handles Unified eSports Payouts
February 06, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

In today’s FinTech news, Gen Z banking, eSports payments and decentralized finance (DeFi) loans grab headlines, while a former Google executive heads to Brazilian payments...

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Mos Raises $40M to Grow its FinTech Startup for Students
Mos Raises $40M to Grow its FinTech Startup for Students
February 04, 2022  |  Investments

FinTech startup Mos raised $40 million at a $400 million valuation, led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors Sequoia, Khaled Helioui, Expa, Emerson...

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Argentina Central Bank Governor: FinTechs Boost Financial Inclusion
Argentina Central Bank Governor: FinTechs Boost Financial Inclusion
February 04, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

In an interview with the Buenos Aires Times on Friday (Feb. 4), Argentina Central Bank Governor Miguel Ángel Pesce applauded FinTechs for serving an underbanked...

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