Monday, January 9, 2023

IMTFI Blog is Moving

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Greetings! Due to the need for technological updates, the IMTFI Blog has made a platform switch to WordPress. Blogposts from 2011-2022 will ...
Monday, August 1, 2022

The Social Meaning of Mobile Money: Navigating Digital Payments, Savings and Credit in the Global South

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by Janaki Srinivasan, PhD,  IIIT-Bangalore  and IMTFI Fellow "The Social Meaning of Mobile Money," Chapter 7 of  Data-Centric Livi...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Telling Financial Stories through Photovoice

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“Trust is a difficult thing to earn and build, but our pilot program taught us that the social process of sharing photos and stories is a po...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Why the crypto crash is fueling calls for regulation

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IMTFI Director Bill Maurer in GRID, June 27, 2022 “It’s going to lead to more regulation, especially because you have this awful mix of what...
Monday, June 27, 2022

A Tale of Three Cedis, Mobile Money, and Fintech? User Experiences in Ghana’s Evolving Moneyscape

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By Vivian Dzokoto, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University and  IMTFI Fellow in the  Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) ...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

10/13 "What’s a Central Bank Digital Currency and Why Do They Matter (Even If They Never Exist)?" a CIESAS-IMTFI talk with Bill Maurer

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Join us! Tomorrow 10/13, 9amPT/11CT/12pmET "What’s a Central Bank Digital Currency and Why Do They Matter (Even If They Never Exist)?&q...
Monday, October 4, 2021

It’s all about cash in the end...for now.

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by Andrew Crawford, Doctoral Researcher (GIGA, Universität Hamburg) and IMTFI Fellow News about a political upheaval often includes a story ...