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Why access isn't enough: New research project to explore barriers to financial inclusion in Colombia
New research explores how trust and transparency shape financial inclusion in Colombia.
3 min de lectura
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Banking Without Banks: What Africa Can Teach the U.S. About Financial Access
Africa’s fintech innovations, including Ghana’s digital onboarding, Nigeria’s collaborative fintech ecosystem, and Kenya’s mobile money success, show how accessibility-first financial systems can dramatically expand financial inclusion and economic opportunity.
5 min de lectura
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The Future of Financial Inclusion Starts With Trust
Financial inclusion starts with trust: people need financial systems that are transparent, relevant, and aligned with how they earn and manage money today. As the digital economy grows, institutions must combine modern technology with education and community-focused design to expand opportunity.
8 min de lectura
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Why We Funded Research Into Who Gets Left Out of Instant Payments
Research across more than 20 countries found that instant payment systems often aim for inclusion but are designed in ways that exclude smaller financial providers through governance, regulatory, economic, and technical barriers.
6 min de lectura
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Why Campuses are Becoming Testbeds for Digital Finance
Universities like Bowie State University are becoming key testing grounds for inclusive digital finance, where students with lived experience of financial exclusion help design more equitable systems. Its partnership with the Interledger Foundation shows how education and community engagement can shape the future of accessible financial infrastructure.
8 min de lectura
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You Don’t Need 3 Apps to Pay Your Friends: Why U.S. Payments Feel Broken
U.S. digital payments feel fragmented because apps don’t interoperate, forcing users to juggle multiple platforms.
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Designing Digital Money: A 2026 Blog Series
Digital money is no longer just emerging—it is being intentionally designed. Universities are becoming key environments for shaping the future of financial systems, training the next generation of technologists, policymakers, and innovators. As digital finance evolves, academic institutions play a critical role in researching, testing, and teaching equitable, secure, and interoperable systems, with support from initiatives like those of the Interledger Foundation.
4 min de lectura
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Why We Weighed In on the Federal Reserve’s Payment Account Proposal
Interledger Foundation advocates for inclusive, secure, and low-cost direct Fed payment access for non-banks.
5 min de lectura
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Africa Doesn't Have a Payments Technology Problem. It Has a Business Model Problem.
Africa’s payment systems struggle not because of missing technology but because of flawed business models and commercial design. To achieve adoption, systems must prioritize free P2P transfers, better accessibility, and simple proxy-based addressing, alongside regulatory reforms that overcome incumbent resistance.
4 min de lectura
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The Web Isn’t Free
The internet isn’t truly free: we “pay” with our time, attention, and data, which fuel platforms designed to capture and manipulate us. Alternatives like Web Monetization aim to restore privacy, fairness, and control by letting users directly support creators.
5 min de lectura
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