Project Inclusion has provided an insightful opportunity to work on issues that have the impact to change lives. It has been both a pleasure and an eye-opener for me, and involved me in authentic initiatives across the fintech sector, thanks to The Payments Association’s enviable reputation as a thought leader.
To drive industry activity that informs and collaborates with government and third sector bodies to provide clarity on PayTech innovations and solutions that aim to reduce financial exclusion and the poverty premium.
Cost-of-Living and Benefits
Examining how the payments industry can support the most vulnerable population through welfare and employment payments.
Open Banking
Exploring how open banking can provide access to tailored and fair financial services to those unbanked and underserved.
Policy Agenda
Engaging with the key regulatory bodies (BoE, FCA and the PSR) to drive the financial inclusion agenda forward.
Josh Berle, Business Development Director, Mastercard
Neil Harris, CEO, B-Yond
Nigel Atta-Mensah, Vice President, Crown Agents Bank
Jos Henson Gric, Founder, Flex
Simon Thomas, Prepaid Product Manager, allpay
Ramsey El Dabbagh, Corporate Development algbra
Shadia Hanna, Principal, Payment Industry Relations, Discover
Kevin Flood, Technology Consulting, Ernst & Young LLP
Kit Yarker, Director, Product and Propositions, EML Payments
Project Inclusion is working on an initiative to identify how payments innovation can help address the cost of living crisis at every level. Starting with the most important one: consumers. Project Inclusion member, Jos Henson Gric, wrote an article for Payments Intelligence on how the industry can help customers through the cost of living crisis.
Financial exclusion is a huge issue when it comes to cross border payments since a large portion of these payments travel from the developed to the developing world, which typically lacks the appropriate financial infrastructure and services. Therefore, the Project Inclusion team sought to speak to several organisations who are encouraging global financial inclusion in developing and emerging markets by providing critical solutions that tackle cost, speed, access and compliance when it comes to cross border payments.
Through a series of interviews, a podcast and report, Project Inclusion set out to find out what it means to be a sustainable fintech and where do you start. The report, ‘Sustainability Superheroes: A how-to guide to ESG for Fintechs’, provided insights from several fintech leaders.
Through a series of interviews with fintech experts, Project Inclusion learnt about different use cases in how crypto helps aid Financial Inclusion. The interviews amalgamated in a series of blogs released as a social media campaign exploring the themes brought up in the interviews.
Financial inclusion has long been synonymized with the 1.7 bn unbanked across the world. This initiative highlighted the needs of significant communities beyond the unbanked, who seek financial products that accommodate their values and beliefs.
Project Inclusion provided an overview of how Fintech innovation is increasing access to affordable credit and tackling financial exclusion.
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