Prof. Kim Wilson in Fast Company – “This App Helps Refugees Get Bank Accounts By Giving Them A Digital Identity”

This App Helps Refugees Get Bank Accounts By Giving Them A Digital Identity
by Adele Peters

…Regulatory approval is a massive challenge to overcome, and though the company is in discussions with regulators, it’s unclear how long the process may take. “I am afraid the idea is good, but it’s all in the implementation and they don’t seem to have gotten very far,” says Kim Wilson, a lecturer in international business and human security at Tufts University who is currently studying refugee issues in Greece. “[Solving regulatory problems] is, of course, the problem, and if that were solved there would be a rush of fintech.”

Read the full piece with quotes from Prof. Kim Wilson in Fast Company