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Unbanked Hong Kong Chief Carrie Lam: “I Have Piles of Cash at Home”
4.12.2020
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam says she is currently unbanked and keeps piles of cash stashed at her home courtesy of US sanctions. Alongside 14 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, Lam has been slapped with punitive measures that effectively cut her off from the banking system. The US government...
Tokenization will bring desirable stability to emerging markets
21.11.2020
Tokenization has a long way to go before it will uplift populations in emerging-market states, but it will bring the needed stability
Bitcoin can't help bank the unbanked claims Mastercard CEO
28.10.2020
The CEO of Mastercard believes Bitcoin is too volatile and opaque to drive financial inclusion, however, CBDCs are a different story
Mission-driven cryptocurrency requires an active commitment to equity
17.10.2020
Crypto isn’t inherently good in just its development and proliferation; the community must address the reasons causing financial exclusion
Emerging technologies can change the African financial landscape
4.10.2020
The ease and convenience of services backed with the emerging techs can dramatically improve the financial landscape in Africa
What the COVID-19 pandemic means for blockchain and crypto
29.9.2020
Blockchain and cryptocurrency have great potential to help us, especially in these challenging times of the global coronavirus outbreak
The great unbanking: How DeFi is completing the job Bitcoin started
22.9.2020
While most of us will prefer to forget the horrors of 2020, DeFi may well prove to be the guarantee of a better, more liberated future
New Demand for Cryptocurrencies: Trading on Bitcoin Cash KYC-Free Exchange With Blind Escrow
24.8.2020
Governments are injecting record levels of new money into economies to contain the impact of shutdowns. Restrictions imposed on people in countries all over the world have forced many to look for alternative but safe ways of transacting. This is one reason why blind escrow bitcoin cash trading...
What It’s Really Like to Live on Bitcoin in the Middle East
14.7.2020
The story of a Syrian migrant in Iraq shows how bitcoin can work as intended – as a global currency that transcends borders
Digital Dollar Take Center Stage in Hearing Before US Senate
30.6.2020
Issues like financial inclusion and competition with China propelled a hearing on digital dollars before the U.S. Senate today
How Bitcoin Empowers the Unbanked and Combats Injustice
26.6.2020
After seeing an abject failure of traditional financial models, people might turn to decentralized peer-to-peer technology with crypto as the future
Financial Inclusion, Cryptocurrency and the Developing World
25.6.2020
Regions of the world with fast-growing economic potential and young populations, such as India and Africa, will become leaders in crypto adoption
Ripple Affiliate Coins.ph Joins New Remittance Network Reaching Unbanked Filipinos
23.6.2020
The blockchain firm is part of an 11,000 strong network of cash-out counters launched by UnionBank of the Philippines
An Indonesian Chef and the Remittance Industry’s $554B Problem
13.6.2020
When the coronavirus forced Chef Bagus to conduct his cooking classes online, he needed a good payment system. There wasn't one, but his customers helped find a workaround
Brazilian Retailer Eyes Services for the Unbanked With Acquisition of FinTech Firm Airfox
27.5.2020
Via Varejo snapped up the Boston-based firm to further its aim of providing financial services to millions of unbanked Brazilians
Banking the Unbanked: How the Crypto Community Can Make a Big Impact
30.4.2020
For tech-savvy young adults in communities often overlooked by traditional big business, the crypto and blockchain industry offers opportunities that others don't
In COVID-19 Stimulus, US Congress Eyes Digital Dollar to Send Aid to the Unbanked
23.3.2020
In draft COVID-10 stimulus bill, US Congress considers digital dollar to distribute aid package to Americans outside of traditional financial systems
Nigerians Can Now Buy Bitcoin With Cash From Stores and ATMs That Take Naira
8.3.2020
If there’s a place where cryptocurrencies draw significantly more attention than anywhere else right now, it has to be Nigeria. Africa’s largest economy is driven by its oil exports, expanding manufacturing, financial services, communications and information technology sectors, but also...
Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020’s Buzzy Token Project
12.2.2020
With $30 million from Polychain and a16z, here's how the buzzy Celo plans to rival Libra on financial inclusion
Facebook and Calibra’s David Marcus: The Problem of Global Unbanked Is “Unacceptable”
23.1.2020
Calibra’s David Marcus explained at WEF what is the primary purpose of digital currencies