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NOW Money Partners with Mastercard to Empower Customers with Enhanced Financial Access

Fintech Finance

As part of this collaboration, NOW Money customers will be issued a Mastercard payment card, providing them with secure, seamless, and convenient access to their finances and enabling them to reap the benefits of the digital economy.

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Lune: Artificial Intelligence Key to Unlocking Financial Inclusion

The Fintech Times

Financial inclusion is a critical issue, but simply providing access to financial products isn’t enough. True inclusion requires financial literacy, empowering individuals to make informed decisions. per cent of US families netting between $35,000 to $49,999 annually.

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Visa and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation Launch Digital Finance for All Initiative

Fintech Finance

Today, Visa (NYSE: V), a leading global payments technology company, and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative, furthering Visa’s decades-long efforts to increase access to the global economy for everyone, everywhere.

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Blockchain and Bitcoin Education Targeted by Paystand with Paystand.org Launch

The Fintech Times

Paystand.org is rooted in Paystand’s mission: to decentralise the financial system, transforming businesses toward a better economy. The initiative addresses the serious challenges facing emerging economies globally in financial inclusion. The same is true for other countries with growing bitcoin economies.

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Bridging the Banking Divide: The Rise of E-wallets in the Philippines

The Fintech Times

A complex set of geographic and institutional barriers, including the fragmentation of Filipinos across over 7,000 islands, and low levels of financial literacy, are also hampering the use of financial services. Not so many years ago, Filipinos had to visit bank branches or ATMs to transfer money and manage their accounts.

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5 Key Trends Shaping Fintech in India, According to PwC

Fintech News

The report, titled “Fintech – powering India’s US$5 trillion economy by fostering innovations, enabling inclusion and building a sustainable future”, provides an overview of the current state of fintech trends in India. Holistic inclusion, beyond financial inclusion Holistic inclusion is another key theme in the financial sector.

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Tuition, Digital Disbursements And The Paper Chase

PYMNTS

At present, 36 universities are participating in one mobile tuition payments program. For those who believe financial literacy class should replace trigonometry for many high schoolers, it’s an idea with merit. If SMB funds arrived faster, it could have untold positive reverberations throughout the U.S. Learning Patience.