11/15/2024 5:41:23 PM Amount of 'unbanked' Americans hits a record low By Louden Richason The rate peaked at 8.2% in 2011 as the nation recovered from the wreckage of the 2008-2009 financial crisis and has been dropping ever...
3/3/2023 4:13:44 PM Santander to target unbanked Mexicans with Superdigital wallet By Samantha Wulfson The wallet received permission from the CNBV on Tuesday after a one year and three month long process. Superdigital is the retail product...
7/9/2021 3:01:50 PM Philippines’ Voyager Innovations secures $167m for PayMaya expansion into financial services, digital banking By FinTech Collective Philippines based mobile wallet platform raised $167m in funding led by Tencent, KKR and PLDT (Largest Telco in the Philippines).
9/4/2020 7:05:20 AM LatAm’s virtual wallets face financial inclusion challenge By Carlos Alonso Torras Digital wallets are growing in popularity across Latin America, but they could do more to attract unbanked clients, says industry...
4/16/2015 8:58:57 PM World Bank hails 700m drop in global ‘unbanked’ By FinTech Collective According to the World Bank, the number of "unbanked" adults who do not engage with financial services products has decreased by 700...
2/7/2015 12:19:44 AM Emerging markets use mobile phones to unleash economic potential By FinTech Collective As part of the "Democratising Finance" series, the Financial Times has analyzed how mobile technology is increasing access to finance in...
2/6/2015 1:42:44 PM 5 reasons why Latin America is embracing mobile commerce By FinTech Collective Some 22 million new users are expected to adopt mobile payments by the end of next year. Coupled with mobile penetration rates of almost...
11/28/2014 5:49:26 PM Laughing All The Way to the Un-Bank By Gareth Jones More Americans own and operate a cellphone (90%) than have a bank account (80%).The underbanked market is a vast with a buying power of...