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Facebook to Provide Remittances? The News and the Bigger Picture
> Posted by Jeffrey Riecke, Communications Associate, CFI A few days ago news broke that Facebook, the social media giant with over a billion users worldwide, is making preparations to begin...
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Walmart Joins the List of Non-Traditional Players Offering Remittances
> Posted by Danielle Piskadlo, Manager, Investing in Inclusive Finance, CFI #181179821 / gettyimages.com #157402110 / gettyimages.com It is expensive to be poor. Case in point, if you don’t have...
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Financial Education for Seven Million Colombians via Facebook’s Internet.org
> Posted by Center Staff On Wednesday, a new joint-initiative was launched that puts free financial education lessons into the phones of Tigo’s seven million mobile subscribers in Colombia. The...
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Discrimination and Credit Underwriting in the Age of Social Media
> Posted by Andrew Fixler, Freelance Journalist #169710978 / gettyimages.com On August 4, Facebook received approval on a patent it had purchased in a bundle from the defunct social network...
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Can Facebook Spur a Revolution in Financial Consumer Awareness in Cambodia?
> Posted by Robyn Robertson, Training and Capability Development Lead, Good Return #483473197 / gettyimages.com Disruption and breakthrough innovation often comes from huge need, unmet latent...
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Kanye West (Among Others) Needs Financial Education
> Posted by Jeffrey Riecke, Communications Specialist, CFI Embed from Getty Images You could say it’s like watching a car crash in slow motion. In certain industries, for talented individuals, as...
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“Oh, we know everything about you.”
> Posted by Sonja Kelly, Director, CFI A recent Facebook promotion by a U.K. coffee shop offered, “Like us on Facebook and get a free coffee!” This line would totally get me. Wait… all I have to do...
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Why Are Banks Required to Be Police Officers?
> Posted by Sonja Kelly, Director of Research, CFI Embed from Getty Images A customer waits to collect money at the Juba Express money transfer company in Mogadishu, Somalia. This post is part of a...
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The Digital Demands of the Displaced: Don’t Track Me, Don’t Expose Me, Don’t...
> Posted by Kim Wilson Embed from Getty Images Predictably, the long tentacles of financial inclusion have coiled themselves around the most vulnerable targets of humanitarian aid: low income...
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Internet Data and Banking Data – Should the Same Rules Apply?
> Posted by Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, CFI Internet privacy rules have just been overturned in the U.S. by Congress and the Administration, and at the same time, struggles over banking...
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Sign here, and put your face here.
> Posted by Sonja Kelly, Director of Research, CFI Embed from Getty Images WeBank started piloting facial recognition for KYC (“know your customer”—verifying that a customer is who they say they...
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ICICI Bank and Stellar: Using Blockchain to Reach the Base of the Pyramid in...
> Posted by Center Staff ICICI Bank and Stellar: A look at a transaction enabled by blockchain (click to enlarge) Why are mainstream financial institutions and fintechs partnering to pursue...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Ruling Could Block Your Bank
What the FCC’s net neutrality vote means for financial inclusion, fintech startups > Posted by Elisabeth Rhyne and Vikas Raj, Managing Director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion and...
View ArticleIs Cryptocurrency Just a Guy Thing?
A breakdown on gender diversity in the digital currency industry > Posted by Jeffrey Riecke, Senior Specialist, Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion Embed from Getty Images Is cryptocurrency a...
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Financial Inclusion Responds to the Zuckerberg Moment
It’s not just social media. We need a fresh look at how financial data is protected, too. > Posted by Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, CFI Embed from Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg defended...
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Help Us Shape Our Fellows Program Research Agenda!
Which topics would you most want to see researched? > Posted by Sonja E. Kelly, Director of Research, CFI Hi there. I would love your help as we select topics for our 2018 CFI Fellows research. CFI...
View ArticleInstagram Rolling Out Native Payments
> Posted by Tess Johnson, Research Associate, CFI Embed from Getty Images Building upon its e-commerce features for businesses, Instagram recently took another step into the digital finance space by...
View ArticleHow Will Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation Affect Us?
> Posted by Jeffrey Riecke, Senior Specialist, CFI Embed from Getty Images Never before have issues of data privacy and security been more top of mind. In the United States this attention was on...
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