Financial Inclusion

The financial services industry has much to contribute to the UN and World Bank goal of full financial inclusion by 2020. This group will focus on industry contributions, ideas, barriers and enablers.

Ron Delnevo Chair at UK Cash Supply Alliance

Payment Choice - Not Everybody's Cup of Tea?

I started scribing this article on July the 4th, so it is perhaps natural that my British mind turned to tea. However, my own brain had no room for thoughts about Boston. No. My Gray Matter was focused on a Street Cafe near to the UK Payment Systems Regulators (PSR) palatial offices in Stratford, London. There I was, readying myself for a meeting w...

10 July 2019 /payments /regulation

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A fresh insight into the value of remittances

Remittance flows have increased significantly in recent decades as more people have moved overseas for work and are sending money home to support their families. International money transfers are a lifeline for millions of individuals as well as whole communities,as they help to pay for basic needs and provides for people, particularly in rural an...

01 July 2019 /inclusion

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Blockchain and Its Positive Impact on the Lending Market

Blockchain has been around for a while now, and it’s already showing solid promise for the future of the financial market. But one segment of that market in particular seems to be getting affected in some unexpected ways, most of which have so far been positive. The lending market has seen a surge in its growth, and it doesn’t look like it’s going...

05 June 2019

Jonathan Westley Chief Data Officer, Experian UK & EMEA at Experian

Exploring the power of new data sources

Financial exclusion is a significant issue, particularly here in the UK. It results in many people finding it difficult it difficult to access basic banking services or facing severe restrictions on the financial products they can use - many of which most of us take for granted. According to the Financial Inclusion Commission, more than 1.5 millio...

29 April 2019 /inclusion

Ron Delnevo Chair at UK Cash Supply Alliance

The Cost of Cash......

I was very disappointed to see in the recent UK Access to Cash Review the headlined assertion that “cash is expensive”. Even if the figure of £5 Billion quoted in the Review as being the annual cost of cash in the UK is accepted - and many believe it should not be - how can it be judged to be “expensive”? It has to be remembered that Sterling - the...

29 April 2019 /payments

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Four Creative Ways To Finance Your Industrial Tech Startup

Getting the finances together to start your own company or business can be very tricky. And, it’s likely your specialties lie in the technological side of the business, as supposed to stressing over the marketing and financial sections. Well, you'll be happy to know there are several creative ways to finance your industrial tech startup. Whether yo...

01 February 2019 /inclusion

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New year; New outlook: Global remittances are expected to grow moderately in 2019

The remittance industry has consistently witnessed change. It is undergoing a paradigm shift from the traditional brick and mortar model of business to digitised methods of money transfer. Looking back it would be safe to say 2018 ended on a positive note as remittance flows across the globe were buoyant. As fin-tech gains a stronghold in the glob...

24 January 2019 /inclusion

Sam Goffman Business analyst at Forex

You might have missed it: Constantinople hardfork new date and Dash anniversary

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are developing cryptocurrency, the volume of Bitcoin transactions has increased by 63% over the past ten months, and other news of the past days. Bitcoin fell by 4% over the weekend, the price of cryptocurrency dropped to $ 3,580. Over the past two days, several events occurred at once, which influenced bot...

21 January 2019 /regulation

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How to Leverage Technology to Boost the Performance of Your Company’s Financial Services

Financial services and modern tech go hand in hand, and that should be obvious to anyone who’s been paying close attention to either of the two fields. There’s a lot to gain from tightly integrating modern technological solutions into the workflow of your organization if your goal is to improve performance and customer satisfaction, and it’s in yo...

17 January 2019

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Unbanked People and How Remittance can Help Bring People to the Financial System in UAE

Dubai is a delight to the eyes and to the heart, I am sure you are nodding your head in agreement with what we have just asserted. Rich lifestyle is an attribute that is deeply entrenched in this city, not forgetting that this lifestyle is a fast-moving one which is not only allowing the city to grow but is also breeding growth in its inhabitants....

07 November 2018 /inclusion