financial inclusion

Bitcoin Daily: Singapore FinTech Nium Debuts Crypto-as-a-Service Platform; BlockBank Readies Launch of DeFi App Powered by AI
Bitcoin Daily: Singapore FinTech Nium Debuts Crypto-as-a-Service Platform; BlockBank Readies Launch of DeFi App Powered...
October 26, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Nium, which works in global payment and card issuance for businesses, has rolled out a Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution to allow financial institutions (FIs) to add...

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Latino-Focused Lender Oportun Scraps Bank Charter After CFPB Probe
Latino-Focused Lender Oportun Scraps Bank Charter After CFPB Probe
October 11, 2021  |  Loans

Oportun, a specialist in low- to moderate-income lending, which services many Latinos, has withdrawn its application for a bank charter. The withdrawal was voluntary, and...

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Emerging Technologies Have a Place in the Market, But Financial Inclusion in Africa Should Continue to Be Explored
Emerging Technologies Have a Place in the Market, But Financial Inclusion in Africa Should Continue...
October 05, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

Conventional wisdom holds that one must learn to walk before running. So, when more than half of your population (57%, according to data from U.K.-based...

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USPS Debuts Paycheck-Cashing Services
USPS Debuts Paycheck-Cashing Services
October 04, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

The U.S. Postal Service rolled out a paycheck-cashing service at a few post offices on the East Coast in September, according to a Monday (Oct....

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Inside Revolut: 5 Banking and Payments Products Linked To UK’s Most Valuable FinTech
Inside Revolut: 5 Banking and Payments Products Linked To UK’s Most Valuable FinTech
September 29, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

What started six years ago as a pre-paid debit card making it easy for customers to use their debit card anywhere in the world, in...

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Alt Data Sources Key to Improving Loan Access for the Financially Invisible
Alt Data Sources Key to Improving Loan Access for the Financially Invisible
September 27, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

The problem of financial inclusion is an acute one in the United States. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has said that nearly...

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Pakistan’s TAG Raises $12M in Seed Funding Round 
Pakistan’s TAG Raises $12M in Seed Funding Round 
September 22, 2021  |  Investments

Seeking to leverage the growing popularity of digital payments triggered by the pandemic, Pakistani FinTech startup TAG has raised $12 million and reached a valuation...

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Visa Backs Arab FinTech Forum Set to Address Financial Inclusion
Visa Backs Arab FinTech Forum Set to Address Financial Inclusion
September 20, 2021  |  International

Global payments processing giant Visa will be partnering with the first edition of the Arab Fintech Forum on Oct. 10 in Qatar, The FinTech Times...

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