970 Results from /inclusion
Amita Choudhary Marketing Manager at Princeton Growth Accelerator
Many markets were hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic. The effects are still manifesting in some areas, and it will take some time to fully understand the implications of what has happened during those couple of years. And as many people have found themselves hit hard by the situation, it’s become crucial to take a long, hard look at the way we c...
22 June 2021 /inclusion Personal Finance
Retired Member
According to the political news site, Axios, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) — the principal fundraiser for the US Republican Party — is to start accepting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency donations. The NRCC itself will not be holding the cryptocurrency but will be converting it into dollars via an exchanger. But the FEC has expre...
18 June 2021 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Michael Ault CEO at UTP Group
While we applaud efforts to promote financial inclusion and encourage uptake of non-cash payments in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the financial industry and government bodies need to remember a crucial sector of society that’s in danger of being left behind – the small businesses that are the backbone of any nation’s economy. There are curre...
17 June 2021 /payments /inclusion Financial Inclusion
El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America by area, it is washed over by the Pacific Ocean and often called the land of lakes and volcanoes. An otherwise unremarkable nation went down in history by taking an unprecedented step and adopting bitcoin as legal tender, as announced by President Nayib Bukele on Twitter. The law was passed by ...
09 June 2021 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Simon Dimoni Remittance and Crypto Payments at HollaPay
Above image credit: Pixabay The use of fintech or financial technology is becoming increasingly widespread. Chances are that you’re using it, too, even if you don’t realise it. The developments in this area are a pretty positive thing, designed as they are to make personal financial management easier and improve financial literacy. As fintech ex
08 June 2021 /retail /inclusion Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Louisa Murray COO Europe at Railsbank
Discussions around mental health and wellbeing have been thrust into the spotlight lately, and with good reason when you consider the impact of repeated lockdowns and the economic chaos introduced by COVID-19. Managing your money appropriately is undoubtedly a significant source of stress in these strange times. A recent study by Metro’s ‘Mentally ...
01 June 2021 /wealth /inclusion Open Banking
It’s undeniable that the pandemic has been especially hard on small to medium enterprises, or SMEs. While multinational corporations like Amazon and Tesla have grown astronomically over the pandemic, small disruptions, like late payments on invoices which are typically survivable in normal times, are causing many SMEs to go out of business. Althou...
31 May 2021 /sustainable /inclusion Financial Supply Chain
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
A very hot topic at the moment are the so-called CBDCs, short for "Central Bank Digital Currencies". These are the recent reply of central banks to the continuing success of crypto-currencies like Bitcoin and Ether(eum). After the unsuccessful attempts of several governments to restrict or even ban these crypto-currencies, there is more ...
26 May 2021 /payments /inclusion Cryptocurrency Insights
Adam Lieberman Chief AI Officer at Finastra
An important consideration for data scientists, businesses, and society as a whole, today centres on how we might establish AI as an indisputable and indispensable force for good in the world. For years, we have seen stories of bots and machines taking over the job market, discriminatory facial recognition technology, and few of us will forget the...
25 May 2021 /retail /inclusion Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
At one point on Wednesday, May 19, Bitcoin plunged 30% to near the $30,000 mark (a new low since February) before climbing back 8%. Altcoins suffered even bigger losses. Ethereum price crashed 46% on May 19 as it dipped from $3,441 to $1,850 (a day earlier, the 15% fall stopped at $2.9k). Just a day ago, Binance was trading at $432 — more than 37%...
20 May 2021 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
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