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Fresh EBT’s Social Safety Net Tech Upgrade
Financial Inclusion // May 12, 2017

It’s a set of statistics that all of us have heard many times before: In the U.S., nearly half of the population doesn’t have $400 on hand in the event of sudden need, over a quarter of American households are un- or underbanked and 55...

Tossing Old Ideas On Emerging Economies
Alternative Finances // December 08, 2015

Though confusing to non-financial professionals, a big loan is much easier for a bank to make than a small loan. Though the natural assumption is that it would somehow be harder to loan more money than less, the reality is that the administrative side of...

Mobile Banking: The 2 Billion Challenge
News // September 22, 2015

The Financial Inclusion Tracker examines and evaluates the companies in the ecosystem that serve to the billions of underbanked and unbanked around the world.

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Fresh EBT’s Social Safety Net Tech Upgrade

May 12, 2017
It’s a set of statistics that all of us have heard many times before: In the U.S., nearly half of the population doesn’t have $400 on hand in the event of sudden need, over a quarter of American households are un- or underbanked and 55 percent of American households are in some form of financial […]