ASPIRATION
“Leave your bank, change the world” is the slogan of Aspiration the online financial firm that donates 10% of every dollar it earns to charities helping struggling Americans build a better life.
Andrei Cherny has […]
FINTECH FOR IMPACT: Initiative Between ING & Unicef
Recognizing that real social change entails group efforts across the private and public sector, longtime collaborators ING and UNICEF are conducting an investment pilot that seeks to leverage emerging technologies into opportunities for children, young […]
THE INCLUSION FOUNDATION
MasterCard, The Emerging Payments Association, PPS, GPS, SkyParlour and Manifesto Growth launched a new charity named The Inclusion Foundation (TIF), aims to fight financial exclusion in the UK.
TIF´s come at […]
FINTECH APPS: BEHIND-THE-SCENES ROLE IN COVID-19 CRISIS
During the COVID-19 outbreak Fintech apps are playing a critical, behind-the-scenes role in this new economic environment. The main reasons are the ability for Fintech to make financial services faster, cheaper and more […]
FINTECH: AN AGENT OF DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Africa is the continent with more indexes of poverty. Nevertheless, in the last 15 years there has been constant growth not just in a few, but in most of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Internal factors […]
G7 Urged to Invest into $255m Financial Inclusion Fund
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are spearheading a campaign for a $255 financial inclusion fund. So far France and the UK have pledged $45m. The Gates […]