financial inclusion

Pay Later Solutions Become Lifeline for 1 in 10 Cash-Strapped Consumers
Pay Later Solutions Become Lifeline for 1 in 10 Cash-Strapped Consumers
May 01, 2025  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Consumers facing cash flow shortages are more likely to use pay later services compared to their financially stable counterparts, highlighting a divide in payment preferences...

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Alternative Data Boosts Credit Access as New Legislation Emerges
Alternative Data Boosts Credit Access as New Legislation Emerges
April 21, 2025  |  Financial Inclusion

Roughly two years ago, PYMNTS Intelligence, working in collaboration with Sezzle, found that 80 million U.S. consumers lacked reliable access to credit, which means that...

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PayPal Launches X-Border Payment Collaboration With TerraPay
PayPal Launches X-Border Payment Collaboration With TerraPay
April 15, 2025  |  Partnerships

PayPal and TerraPay are teaming to promote cross-border payments in the Middle East and Africa (MENA). The partnership, announced Tuesday (April 15), is designed to speed cross-border money movement, while...

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InvestiFi President: Credit Unions Must Offer Digital Investing to Retain Gen Z
InvestiFi President: Credit Unions Must Offer Digital Investing to Retain Gen Z
April 15, 2025  |  Credit Unions

Banks, especially small banks such as credit unions and community banks, risk losing account holders to investing platforms. The checking and savings accounts housed in...

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Brazil’s Pix Lays Foundation for ‘Perfect’ Digital Financial Ecosystem
Brazil’s Pix Lays Foundation for ‘Perfect’ Digital Financial Ecosystem
April 11, 2025  |  Digital Payments

Brazil isn’t just famous for samba, soccer and carnival anymore. It is now drawing attention for something else: its meteoric rise as the world’s most digitally...

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Cash App’s Growing Number of Direct Deposits Marks Progress in Expansion Efforts
Cash App’s Growing Number of Direct Deposits Marks Progress in Expansion Efforts
April 03, 2025  |  Mobile Applications

Block’s Cash App is reportedly making progress in its efforts to offer banking services to customers who mostly use the app to make payments. The...

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Velera CEO: Credit Unions Beef Up Financial Guidance as Members Face Economic Uncertainty
Velera CEO: Credit Unions Beef Up Financial Guidance as Members Face Economic Uncertainty
April 02, 2025  |  Credit Unions

Among the most strategic initiatives for credit unions, to gain new members and keep current ones loyal, is to innovate. During uncertain times, innovation can...

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From Minutes to Money: Telecom Firms Bank on Financial Services
From Minutes to Money: Telecom Firms Bank on Financial Services
March 31, 2025  |  Mobile

The mobile phone’s increasing penetration into global markets is helping blur the lines between telecom and financial services, where digital banks, and especially neobanks, are...

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How OppFi Can Say Yes to Credit When Traditional Banks Say No
How OppFi Can Say Yes to Credit When Traditional Banks Say No
March 20, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

U.S. consumers hold a record $1.2 trillion in credit card debt. Right now, households are in a holding pattern, where the growth in card balances...

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