financial-inclusion
FinanceSustainable Aid Payments: How FinTech Is Coming to the Aid of Those in Need
BankingThe ‘risk’ of Financial Inclusion: How Digital Banks Can Increase Their Social Impact and Profit Margins
InvestingWestern Investors Need to Remove the Bias They Didn’t Know They Had
TechnologyThe Way to Better Engagement
Retail CBDCs: Why Commercial Banks Will Be Key Players
Date: October 10, 2022
By Jeremy Boot, head of Digital Assets at Temenos Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) – a digital form of central bank money – are firmly on the rader of Central Banks globally. According to the Atlantic Council over 100 countries are actively exploring a CBDC. Many are further along on their journey with some already...
The Payment Industry Is Ideally Placed to Help During the Cost-Of-Living Crisis
Date: October 6, 2022
By Anjana Haines Head of Content at The Payments Association. Britain’s citizens and businesses are facing perhaps the most difficult economic conditions in living memory. Ordinary people are looking at the possibility of being over £7,000 worse off than they would be if energy costs weren’t spiralling out of control and businesses could receive energy...
FirstBank CEO on Digitisation, Customer Relations and the Impact of Effective CSR Initiatives
Date: September 28, 2022
FirstBank of Nigeria Limited is a multinational bank and financial services company based in Lagos, Nigeria. It boasts an extraordinary 128-year history and is the region’s foremost financial inclusion services provider, having won multiple Global Banking & Finance Awards including ‘Best CSR Bank Western Africa’ and ‘Best Corporate Bank Western Africa’ this year. Wanda Rich,...
Diversity and Inclusivity: The Key to Unlocking Further Growth in Biometrics, Payments and Beyond
Date: September 26, 2022
Interview with Catharina Eklof, Chief Commercial Officer of IDEX Biometrics As we move towards a cashless world, accessibility and inclusion have come to the fore. Biometric-enabled payment cards are among the innovations being recognised as key to ensuring security and transaction experience amid increasing contactless limits. Earlier this year, challenger bank Rocker launched Sweden’s first...
Providing Essential Access to Financial Services in Emerging Markets
Date: September 7, 2022
A written Q&A with Burak Kilicoglu, Director of Global Markets at Creditinfo Why is access to financial services essential, especially in emerging markets? Over 2 billion people globally have limited or no access to financial services and a vast proportion of these people are living or working in emerging markets. Without access to financial services, their spending...
FinTech for Good: Purpose, Profits or Both?
Date: September 1, 2022
By Mike Peplow, CEO at Paynetics The UK has found itself on the brink of another recession, it’s been 15 years since the last one and the news is hitting consumers hard. Banks are finding themselves on the back foot as, now more than ever, consumers are ready to move their finances elsewhere in order...