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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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Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

High-Frequency Trading and its future in finance

High-frequency trading is a financial innovation that deals with the use of computer software tools to carry out numerous transactions at the drop of a hat. It is a fintech and is also known as HFT. It employs the use of complicated algorithms to investigate different business sectors and carry out orders depending on market conditions. Commonly, ...

28 September 2020 /inclusion /markets

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

9 Ways Fintech Companies Build Trust With Users Alt: How to Convince Consumers to Trust Fintech

When it comes to financial technology, trust is everything. You wouldn’t hand your wallet to a stranger, just as you wouldn’t share your financial details with just any digital application. Your users think the same way. Before they use a fintech service, they want to know: Can I trust it? What safeguards are in place to keep my money safe? Will t...

12 August 2020 /startups /inclusion

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Russia bans cash deposits to anonymous online wallets

Illegal financial activities are some of the most common issues the governments of different countries have to face and that is why there are more and more new ways and methods of dealing with this issue used by authorities in order to combat this form of illicit activity. Russia is none of the exceptions and is a hub of financial scams. And now t...

06 August 2020 /payments /regulation

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Digitalisation can radically change the Dutch debt assistance more people-oriented

Digitalisation can radically change the debt assistance and administration into a more people-oriented approach in the Netherlands All signals are on red in the debt sector[1]. The sector is all about people in often difficult situations. More than 2,5 million Dutch households suffer from late payments[2]. About half of those households have str...

29 July 2020 /people /inclusion

Ron Delnevo Chair at UK Cash Supply Alliance

Give Cash a Great Big Hug!

My love affair with cash started with my parents. I was born in the 1950s, entering the world just as the UK was finally leaving World War 2 rationing behind. In those far off days, there was plenty of poverty – but little debt. The financial system really didn’t allow the general public to have significant debt. Personal loans from a bank or build...

04 June 2020 /payments /inclusion

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CARES Act: Support for Low Income Households

The Coronavirus economic crisis is putting already financially distressed households in much greater distress. It als presents an enormous challenge for nonprofits and government agencies that must immediately transition from financial guidance to what is essentially complex disaster relief services at huge scale - while also having shut down thei...

31 March 2020 /sustainable /inclusion

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Designing a less-cash, not cashless, future for the UK

In 2018 LINK, the network which connects all cash machines in the UK, announced plans to cut the fee that banks pay for cash withdrawals by 20%. We warned at the time that this would have a disastrous - and potentially terminal - effect on people’s access to cash across the country. Our warnings were ignored and LINK implemented two 5% cuts in 201...

10 March 2020 /retail /inclusion

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Financial inclusion - A word with many meanings

In recent years, the usage of the term "Financial Inclusion" has risen exponentially. As with any buzzword, it is used and misused by many companies to boost their corporate image and get support from different governments (e.g. subsidies). As with so many buzzwords, the term has become so much overloaded, that it now encompasses a wide ...

10 February 2020 /sustainable /inclusion

Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik

Why are companies increasingly choosing trading algorithms?

Trading is a complicated process that requires time, attention and resources. While the gains that come from it is what convinces so many people to dedicate a huge part of their lives to trading, as the industry had gotten bigger and stronger the technology is being used a lot more not only simplify the process for the investors but also to save t...

30 January 2020 /inclusion

Paul Marcantonio Head of UK/Western Europe at Ecommpay

Left Behind: Is Cashless Society Harming the Vulnerable?

The cashless revolution is here, and it’s happening all over the globe: from Malaysian village market stalls to the London high street. There can be no revolution without controversy, of course. Dominating conversations of financial innovation is the question of financial inclusion. In other words, will going cashless exclude the most vulnerable me...

28 January 2020 /payments