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Cross-border Payments Financial Inclusion Global Payments

Decoding a cross-border business payment to Rwanda: detailing the journey, the costs, and our observations

By Elizabeth McQuerry, Cici Northup, & Victor Malu   Introduction Glenbrook is based in the U.S., but we work on projects around the world; our global practice often supports clients in emerging markets. From time to time, for more formal proposal processes, we are asked to provide a corresponding bid security. For anyone not familiar […]
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IMF Study Suggests Interoperability Boosts Digital Payments Use

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“The International Monetary Fund has published a report on growing retail digital payments, which is a significant aim of many digital public infrastructure and financial inclusion programs worldwide. Specifically, the study looks at the value of interoperability as policymakers globally are looking to boost retail digital-payment use.”
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BIS: Digital Fraud

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“The ongoing digitalisation of finance brings numerous benefits, such as increased efficiency, convenience, financial inclusion, transparency and quicker responses to crises. However, it also introduces significant risks to bank soundness and financial stability. One such risk is digital fraud.”
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Ethiopia Unveils Faydapass Digital Wallet to Boost Financial Inclusion

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“Ethiopia has launched what it calls the FaydaPass wallet, the latest move in its digital public infrastructure (DPI) program aimed at speeding up financial inclusion as well as verification for access to a number of other government services. Tech5 and payments giant Visa supported the country in the development of the wallet, the former providing its T5-Airsnap and […]
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