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Amazon Accepting Cash Payments At Oxxo Stores
Amazon Accepting Cash Payments At Oxxo Stores
April 01, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon will now accept cash payments at Mexico’s most popular chain corner store, Oxxo, the companies announced on Monday (April 1). Reuters reported the partnership...

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Mexican Gov’t. Wants Bank Competition To Help Unbanked
Mexican Gov’t. Wants Bank Competition To Help Unbanked
March 24, 2019  |  Banking

The Mexican government wants local banks to do more to help the millions of unbanked citizens in the country. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, as...

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Dems Push For More Financial Inclusion
Dems Push For More Financial Inclusion
March 22, 2019  |  Financial Inclusion

With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon, the theme of growing access to the banking system is becoming front and center. Democrats such as...

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Chase Launches Low-Cost Accounts To Win Unbanked Consumers
Chase Launches Low-Cost Accounts To Win Unbanked Consumers
March 18, 2019  |  Digital Banking

The percentage of unbanked people in the U.S. recently fell to the lowest rate since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, but a new product launch from...

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Retailers In Some States May Be Forced To Accept Cash
Retailers In Some States May Be Forced To Accept Cash
February 21, 2019  |  Cash

With a move toward cashless societies growing around the world, new legislation in the U.S. could force retailers and restaurants in a number of states...

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Mexico Sets Its Sights On FinTech Firms To End Poverty
Mexico Sets Its Sights On FinTech Firms To End Poverty
February 19, 2019  |  International

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...

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Chime’s Expanding Banking Services Menu
Chime’s Expanding Banking Services Menu
January 08, 2019  |  Digital Banking

When Chime’s Co-founders Chris Britt (CEO) and Ryan King (CTO) first set out to start a web bank, it was with one idea in mind:...

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Report: Cashless UK Would Leave Consumers Behind
Report: Cashless UK Would Leave Consumers Behind
December 19, 2018  |  Cash

As the U.K. moves to a more cashless society, the country’s Access to Cash Review report cautioned that groups of people will be left behind...

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From Cash To Real-Time Payments
From Cash To Real-Time Payments
December 06, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Forty countries: That’s how many places either have real-time payments programs in progress or live. That’s progress. Yet, there is more work to be done....

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