Financial inclusion

Global fintech Ebanx is partnering with Uber to enable consumers in Brazil to pay for the ride-sharing service by topping up their Uber Cash balance with the country's voucher-based payment system.

Bankers groups are keeping close tabs on a host of legislative and gubernatorial proposals, from prize-linked savings accounts in Iowa to rent control in Massachusetts to a slew of bills modeled after California's recently passed data privacy law.

Brandee McHale will be president of the Citi Foundation and oversee the company's community development, inclusive finance and impact investing teams.

Investors have made a $10 million bet on Stori, which is pushing mobile money over a branch network to bring more consumers into Mexico's banking system.

Popular’s branch in a Brooklyn neighborhood faced an uncertain future until it was designated as a bank development district. Now it’s eligible to receive millions of dollars in municipal deposits.

The six bills championed by Democrats aim to reduce consumer burdens and provide opportunities for borrowers to rehabilitate their credit, but the legislation garnered no Republican support.

The six bills championed by Democrats aim to reduce consumer burdens and provide opportunities for borrowers to rehabilitate their credit, but the legislation has garnered no Republican support.

Facebooks’ Libra cryptocurrency project has been losing high-profile support for months, but the loss of Vodafone may be its most critical.

The Madison, Wis.-based think tank's latest initiative is another sign of the increasing emphasis the credit union industry is placing on diversity, equity and inclusion.

While the size of the global remittances market may ebb and flow with the global economy, one thing is clear – it’s massive, at over $700 billion in payments each year and growing.

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project has drawn vast political pushback, but also more tangible government action as nations globally consider central bank supported digital currencies. It’s also sparking a potential bottom-up approach in New York.

The Boise-based credit union is the fourth institution in the Northwest to receive the recognition.

Zazu Limited, a Zambian fintech, has partnered with Mastercard to launch a mobile wallet that supports a prepaid account instantly issued from the app to any local consumer — with or without a bank account.

The regulator’s inaugural event on equity and inclusion highlighted the personal and professional but also veered into addressing hurdles credit unions face regarding this issue.

One organization's findings reveal that financial counseling, when done right, can also help boost institutions' lending and brand recognition.

Cash access has grown tighter in the U.K. as more consumers adopt digital payments and banks shrink their fleets of branches and ATMs. Could the U.S. could see a similar phenomenon?

Digit is applying its automated-savings techniques to the growing problem of student loan debt.

American Banker Capitol Hill reporter Neil Haggerty shares how the D.C. community reacted to Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony and how it looks at the project now.

Newcomers to the U.S. tend to have a hard time getting credit cards because they lack credit history here. Amex has deployed technology from a fintech, Nova Credit, that could change this.

Ravi Menon says that Facebook's bid to create its own digital currency has laid bare shortcomings in cross-border payments and financial inclusion that banks and regulators must address.