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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.

founded 27 Apr 2015

Graham Seel

Principal Consultant

BankTech Consulting

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Tom Blacksell Managing Director B2B at Experian

New data sources: How they can help the SME invisibles

Tying to expand any business takes investment, but with smaller businesses often lacking sufficient cash, securing additional funds can be the solution to grow and become more productive. Unfortunately, a lack of financial information can limit a business’s chances of doing this. This is the case for more than 1.6 million businesses in the UK who ...

22 January 2020 /inclusion

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

China is on its way to open up the FX sector

China has been on a long self-improvement journey and has been tackling all of the areas that could contribute to its global leader status. The financial sector is obviously one of them. Despite the rocky cryptocurrency journey, its efforts to regulate it by issuing government-regulated cryptos and bashing the industry while promoting blockchain, ...

09 January 2020 /inclusion /markets

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

What will Fintech scene look like in 2020 according to the industry experts

2019 was an excellent year for fintechs in terms of exposure and raising awareness among the majority of the population about what fintechs are and what potential they hold for the regular citizens. In 2019 we saw a major spike in the number of fintech, in the funding of these fintechs and the collaborations between these startups and the larger, ...

23 December 2019 /inclusion

Ron Delnevo Chair at UK Cash Supply Alliance

Happy Birthday For UK Independent ATMs? Not exactly!

Time to wish a happy 21st Birthday to the ATM installation that changed the face of cash provision in the UK! Yes. That’s right. It is exactly 21 years since the first Independent ATM was installed in this country - and that same ATM was also the very first pay-to-use ATM to be installed in Europe! I was there, at a Spar store in Stone Cross in Bir...

20 December 2019 /payments /retail

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Up to a Third of Goods Sold Through Online Gold Exchanges Could be Fake According to Reports

A recent report commissioned by the Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office and the British Hallmarking Council found that up to a third of all gold jewelry sold online could be unhallmarked, and possibly fake. The implications of this are huge, but could also be an opportunity for third party tech solutions that could help in the authentication of gol...

20 November 2019

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Kenya adopts a data protection law to bolster tech investments

Kenya just took a big step towards its tech development. On November 8th Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta approved a data protection law that complies with European Union legal standards. This will finally allow Kenya to embrace its full potential when it comes to tech innovations and startups and to attract more investments in its information tec...

14 November 2019 /regulation

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Mastercard is introducing Fintech Express

Global payments industry giant, Mastercard is taking big steps towards embracing Fintech. During the Singapore Fintech Festival taking place from Nov-11 to Nov 13 of this year, Mastercard announced its latest innovation - Fintech Express. The program aims to onboard partners at record speed and provides immediate access to a cross-functional team...

12 November 2019

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Can Today’s Financial Nonprofits Survive and Scale in a Digital World?

The Innovator’s Dilemma is challenging financial nonprofits. They must adopt disruptive technology, become data driven and follow their clients to the digital world to remain relevant. The problem is that these organizations are not experienced nor built to manage the risk of large investments in technology and organizational transformation. They ...

06 November 2019 /inclusion

Murilo Menezes Vice President for Latin America at Juvo

Strength in Numbers: How Mobile Phone Data Can Fuel the Future of FinTech

Banks and mobile operators have a lot more in common than you might think. They both have global distribution networks and a system of financial clearing houses that settle charges between the individual companies on the network. This means I can use my credit card globally just as easily as I can my phone, and in both cases, I can settle my bill ...

23 October 2019 /inclusion

Matthew Dunn Managing Director, Go-to-Market at Experian

How affordability can boost financial inclusion in insurance services

Financial inclusion is a priority for all modern, innovative businesses. Helping to widen the net to those, who up until now, have been unable to access services and products, and being able to make accurate decisions based on those customers’ information, is an integral part of any strategic plan. When we think of financial exclusion we tend to f...

07 October 2019 /inclusion