financial inclusion

South Africa’s TymeBank Acquires SMB-Focused FinTech Retail Capital
South Africa’s TymeBank Acquires SMB-Focused FinTech Retail Capital
August 07, 2022  |  Acquisitions

South Africa-based digital bank TymeBank has a proposed acquisition lined up for Retail Capital, which will help it boost its business banking services, a press...

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FinTechs Build Critical Credit Capability With Secured Credit Cards
FinTechs Build Critical Credit Capability With Secured Credit Cards
August 05, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Roy Ng knows how difficult life can be when full economic access always seems just out of reach. Relaying a story of moving to the U.S....

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PayPal, Mastercard, Citi and Others Join New Economic Opportunity Coalition
PayPal, Mastercard, Citi and Others Join New Economic Opportunity Coalition
July 28, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

PayPal has joined the White House’s new Economic Opportunity Coalition (EOC) to address economic disparities and move things forward for various underserved communities, the company...

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Partners With C2FO on Accelerated Payments
Dick’s Sporting Goods Partners With C2FO on Accelerated Payments
July 28, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced Thursday (July 28) that it has teamed up with working capital platform C2FO to offer early payments on approved invoices that...

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Walmart’s Super App, Cashi, Marries Digital Payments and Cash in Mexico
Walmart’s Super App, Cashi, Marries Digital Payments and Cash in Mexico
July 26, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Cash is king, as the saying goes. Cash has attributes that people value. It’s tangible — with cash in hand, consumers know exactly how much...

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FinTechs Resolve Banking Barriers, Empower Egypt’s Unbanked With Mobile Technology
FinTechs Resolve Banking Barriers, Empower Egypt’s Unbanked With Mobile Technology
July 21, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Until recently, it could take up to three days to transfer funds between accounts in Egypt, but the introduction of instant banking payments has completely...

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Truist Debuts Digital Consumer Accounts With No Overdraft Fees
Truist Debuts Digital Consumer Accounts With No Overdraft Fees
July 18, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Truist Financial on Monday (July 18) rolled out two accessible account options that will extend banking services to new customers while avoiding overdraft fees, a...

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Citi Says P2P Payments Are Direct Deposits to Avoid Fees
Citi Says P2P Payments Are Direct Deposits to Avoid Fees
July 18, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Citi is now accepting peer-to-peer (P2P) payments as direct deposits that qualify for checking account monthly service fee waivers, according to a Monday (July 18)...

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Digital Banking Platform Clair, Criterion Team to Offer On-Demand Pay
Digital Banking Platform Clair, Criterion Team to Offer On-Demand Pay
July 14, 2022  |  Partnerships

Digital banking platform Clair has joined forces with human capital management (HCM) software company Criterion to offer free on-demand pay to Criterion’s employees and clients....

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