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A Test Case for Digital Leap-Frogging: What the Financial Inclusion Community Can Learn from Vietnam
With its rapid economic expansion, large unbanked population, high mobile penetration and progressive regulations, Vietnam has the potential to leap-frog over brick-and-mortar banking and arrive directly at the forefront of digital finance. Krishna Thacker of MetLife Foundation in Asia profiles an emerging innovator in the country's mobile payments space, and explores lessons learned in driving the uptake of digital financial services.
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- Inclusive Fintech, Technology
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IDB Launches Initiative to Promote Savings for Retirement in Latin America and the Caribbean
According to the IDB, most workers in Latin America and the Caribbean are not saving for retirement, which will make it difficult for them to have a good life when they reach old age, especially for low-income and independent workers.
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- Latin America
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MetLife Foundation Awards $2.5 Million Grant to The Financial Clinic to Bring Financial Security to Jobseekers Nationally
The Financial Clinic (the Clinic) announced April 11 the launch of WorkBOOST National, a three-year initiative that will bring financial security approaches to scale, made possible by a $2.5 million grant from MetLife Foundation.
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- Inclusive Fintech
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- North America
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Concern Worldwide, Trickle Up and MetLife Foundation to support ultra poor women in Bangladesh
The program aims to support 600 families through an adapted graduation approach and increase access and usage of financial services for 12,400 women.
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- South Asia
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Press release: MetLife Foundation and Verb Launch Competition to Improve Financial Health in the U.S.
The competition is open to organizations that propose innovative solutions for empowering the 57 percent of Americans who struggle financially and are unable to pay bills on time each month, build savings or manage financial shocks and emergencies.
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- North America
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Press release: Center for Financial Services Innovation Launches “U.S. Financial Health Pulse”
“CFSI first explored the concept of financial health using a landmark research project that found a majority of American households were financially unhealthy,” said Jennifer Tescher, founder and CEO of CFSI. “The U.S. Financial Health Pulse is the next phase in a critical effort to advance financial health in America.”
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- Press release
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- North America
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Can Tech Humanize Microfinance? An Unexpected Benefit of Going Digital
Shuffling through papers while standing at a pho vendor’s street stall. Asking customers the same questions over and over again every loan cycle. CEP’s staff and clients constantly dealt with such frustrations until the Vietnam-based microfinance institution rolled out an app that digitized the loan and repayment process. Laura Cojocaru and Kelly Nguyen of BFA report on how the technology not only saves time, but helps loan officers connect on a more personal level with clients.
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- Inclusive Fintech
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Tackling Poverty Close to Home: Why Acumen is Boosting Financial Health in the U.S.
More than 40 million Americans live below the poverty line, and a majority live paycheck to paycheck. That's why, after nearly two decades and over $110 million of impact investments in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Acumen has expanded its focus to include the United States. Amon Anderson and Sarah Willis discuss how Acumen America, through its financial inclusion portfolio supported by MetLife Foundation, aims to build a future where low-income Americans enjoy stability, protection and prosperity.
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- Inclusive Fintech, Investing, Technology
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- Acumen, banking, digital payments, education, financial inclusion, financial innovation, financial services, fintech, impact investing, investment fund, MetLife Foundation, mobile finance, mobile money, mobile phones, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, social impact, sustainability, technology
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