Institute for Business in the Global Context

10 Questions: Can Phones Fight Poverty?

March 10, 2016 IBGC 0 Comment 10 Questions, Contextual Intelligence, EMPEA, Financial Inclusion, Indonesia, Jenny Aker, Jim Stavridis, Kenya, Master of International Business, MIB, mobile banking, mobile phones, student research, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, unbanked

There are twice as many mobile phone subscribers as bank accounts in Indonesia. Last year, smartphone audience growth in India

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Was the 2009 recession the perfect launchpad for #digitalpayment technologies?

@Kr00ney says that the chaos of 2009 made many weary of existing banks & brought on new regulations that would allow Silicon Valley start-ups to reshape consumer finance

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17 Jul

Somewhat lost in @Facebook #Libra hearings in Washington is Millennials trust Technology companies more than they trust banks...

@CNBC: After the crisis, generation puts trust in tech over banks
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20 Jul

There's still time to register for @TheMBATour !

🗓 Mon, 7/22
⏰ 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
📍 Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street

Meet w @FletcherAdmit to learn about our business programs & network w other prospective students

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19 Jul

3 yrs ago at The Greece's Turn? Conference, @kmitsotakis spoke about opening up product markets, privatizing public assets & addressing Greek banks’ liquidity problems.

Now as Greece's PM, his ideas are becoming realities!

Find out more here:
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