financial inclusion

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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Neobank Fills Primary Account Need for EU’s ‘Credit Invisibles’
Neobank Fills Primary Account Need for EU’s ‘Credit Invisibles’
February 03, 2022  |  Gig Economy

For a very large population of customers in the United Kingdom who are ‘credit invisible’ — meaning they have little or no credit history with...

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TD Bank Revamps Overdraft Fees, Gives 24-Hour Grace Period
TD Bank Revamps Overdraft Fees, Gives 24-Hour Grace Period
February 01, 2022  |  Banking

TD Bank has been redoing its overdraft fee policies, the CBC reported Tuesday (Feb. 1), and customers will be able to now overdraw their accounts...

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BIS Paper: Asia Virtual Banks Must Protect Consumer Data
BIS Paper: Asia Virtual Banks Must Protect Consumer Data
January 27, 2022  |  Data

A new Bank for International Settlements paper says Asian regulators must protect consumer data as financial institutions dole out more virtual bank cards, noting the...

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Experian Go Program Aimed at ‘Credit Invisibles’
Experian Go Program Aimed at ‘Credit Invisibles’
January 26, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Credit data company Experian has launched Experian Go, a free program to help almost 50 million “credit invisibles,” or people with limited or no credit...

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