The Institute for Money, Tecnhology and Financial Inclusion has generated a list of 11 Design Principles for Financial Services for the Poor, drawn from a …
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Monk counting donations at the end of the day – the notes are tucked into, and placed on religious artifacts by worshippers. We can design …
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Retro fitted parking meter in Beverly Hills that now supports credit cards and coins, powered by a small solar panel.
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For those of you who are interested in designing services for financial inclusion – a short interview with the hosts of the Mobile Money Transfer …
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A feature of contactless cards is the ability to authenticate (pass through ticket barriers/make payments/…) without removing the card from the wallet or purse. Except that …
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The need for ATM’s to support local height norms -photo from Helsinki station. The extent to which different cultures have different norms, and the …
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Imagine a world without access to banks and the services they provide – baseline services such as credit, money transfers, savings. For many of the …
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This pre-paid and top-up-able Starbucks card guides the customer to “treat this card like cash” – and log on to their web site to create …
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One of the cultural quirks of shoppin’ large in Uzbekistan is the physical volume of cash required to complete a transaction. In a country with …
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