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CBDC: A Bridge to Inclusion or a Deeper Digital Divide? Event, Jan 12th

Invitation to MIT DCI’s online research release event:Thursday, January 12th 10-11amET CBDC represents a novel opportunity to redesign the fundamentals of our financial system. Could a new architecture for money expand access to financial services among the unbanked or underserved?

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

by Janaki Srinivasan, PhD, IIIT-Bangalore and IMTFI Fellow “The Social Meaning of Mobile Money,” Chapter 7 of Data-Centric Living: Algorithms, Digitization and Regulation, edited by V. Sridhar; November 30, 2021; Routledge India, 344pp. ABSTRACT Financial transactions have been an integral part of people’s everyday transactions