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In this month’s American Banker article, CFSI Director Jennifer Tescher comments on financial services progress around the globe and the need for America to step up our own financial product access. Due to the recession, America’s financial landscape is changing drastically, providing the perfect ...

Entrepreneur magazine mention’s CFSI in this article discussing trends for entrepreneurship funding in the upcoming year. CFSI is listed among advocacy-driven innovation funders, along with socially driven investors and angel groups, as one of the new trends entrepreneurs are using to secure funding in the ...

Paybefore.com announces CFSI’s appointment of Melissa Koide as policy director to lead expanded policy initiatives in Washington. Koide comes to CFSI from the New America Foundation, where she was the deputy director of the asset building program.

Jennifer Tescher is quoted in this Wall Street Journal article suggesting that text messages can increase savings.  Studies abroad have shown that by sending out cell phone reminders, they were able to increase the amount of savings by 6%. According to experts, this ...

Listen to this program as Arjan Shutte talks about the need for new financial models to help unbanked consumers in the face of a recession. Ideally, these new models would provide protection to consumers while encouraging innovation.

Innovation Director Rachel Schneider is quoted in this article discussing how emerging savings programs are being tied to prepaid products. These savings options are beneficial to underbanked consumers who typically do not have a traditional means for saving. Offering a savings feature in the ...

CFSI research is mentioned in this article about Paypal’s plan to expand their offerings of mobile financial transactions.  In countries with weak financial systems, mobile banking has already become a main form of banking and cash transfers.  Paypal is hoping this ...