financial inclusion

Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Boosts Digital Financial Inclusion; Stellar CEO Named To IMF Panel On Cross Border Payments
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Boosts Digital Financial Inclusion; Stellar CEO Named To IMF Panel On Cross...
October 18, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Stellar CEO Denelle Dixon will be part of a new four-person panel on the private sector’s role in addressing cross-border payment issues at the International...

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Retailo Raises $2.3M In Seed Round To Boost Financial Inclusion
Retailo Raises $2.3M In Seed Round To Boost Financial Inclusion
October 12, 2020  |  Investments

Retailo, the Riyadh-based B2B eCommerce startup, has announced $2.3 million of funding in a pre-seed round to go toward boosting small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)...

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Mastercard: Why It’s Time For Card Issuers To Up Their Digital Game
Mastercard: Why It’s Time For Card Issuers To Up Their Digital Game
October 12, 2020  |  Digital Payments

For most consumers, change is a funny thing. It can be almost impossible to get a consumer to let go of an ingrained habit under...

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PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses
PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses
September 25, 2020  |  Economy

PayPal Holdings Inc. provided $5 million in grants to support Black-owned businesses in the U.S. recovering from the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the company...

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Google To Help Students Pay Off Loans With New Program
Google To Help Students Pay Off Loans With New Program
September 24, 2020  |  Google

Google has rolled out a new student loan repayment program, the tech giant announced in a blog post. In 2021, Google will begin matching student...

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Citi To Put Over $1B Into Fighting Racial Wealth Inequality
Citi To Put Over $1B Into Fighting Racial Wealth Inequality
September 23, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

Citi will take action to help close the racial wealth gap in the U.S., the company said in a blog post Wednesday (Sept. 23), written...

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Have A Credit Card In Your Purse? Thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Have A Credit Card In Your Purse? Thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg
September 22, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

The nation mourns this week as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state in Washington, DC starting Wednesday (Sept. 23) in the...

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Why Cash Is No Longer King In The Country Of Jordan
Why Cash Is No Longer King In The Country Of Jordan
September 21, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Digital commerce was undeniably progressing in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the pre-COVID world – particularly in Jordan, CEO Imad Aloyoun of...

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Mastercard Commits $500M To Boost Black Communities, Businesses
Mastercard Commits $500M To Boost Black Communities, Businesses
September 17, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

Mastercard said it will invest $500 million in Black communities across the U.S. over the next five years in a bid to address racial disparities...

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