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Tapping Mobile Technology To Expand Health Care Access

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In the latest installment of PYMNTS’ Commanders In Chief series, Ted Waz, CEO of DaVincian Healthcare , explains the critical role payments and mobile technology can play in not only fostering financial inclusion, but in connecting the underserved to health care providers around the globe. TW: Within health care in the U.S., billion people.

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PSCU And Welcome Technologies Team Up On Credit Card Aimed At Immigrants

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Welcome provides financial information and products to immigrants, bilingual community members and underserved households. Along with credit processing, PSCU will help Welcome with debt management and credit lending through CURecovery and The Loan Service Center , according to the release. It has more than 2 million members.

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The Fastest Path To Faster Payments In The US

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As for those who don’t have a depository account, I was shocked to learn that there are 13K financial service centers in the U.S. aka check cashers) – almost as many as there are financial institutions – that consumers frequent to cash those checks. Multiply $7.15 by the 19 billion checks still being written in the U.S.