Superapps Under Scrutiny: How China’s Tech Titans Sparked a Data Revolution and a Government Crackdown
The rise and reckoning of Ant Group and China’s financial superapps
When AI Becomes the Boss: The Struggle to Regulate Winner-Take-All Economics
What happens when AI-driven “winner-take-all economics” spreads across more industries, concentrating more power into the hands of a few AI “superpowers?”
Banking the Unbanked: How Brazil Is Using Open Banking to Tackle Financial Exclusion
Brazil’s central bank has charged ahead with open banking, a move that has helped millions of Brazilians join the financial system.
Financial Education Needs a Reboot: Founder Vivi Friedgut Has a Plan
Blackbullion’s Vivi Friedgut wants to do for money what Sex and the City did for sex—break the taboo and get people talking.
Fintech’s Covid-19 Reckoning
Covid-19 has reshaped how consumers bank and pay, can fintech survive…and thrive?
Gig Workers Benefits and Protections are for Life, Not Just for Pandemics
A 300-year-old industry, with the help of tech, can build the safety net gig workers need and deserve.
London-based startup Onfido aims to bring background checks into the 21st century
A team of Oxford graduates have raised $4.5 m to overhaul identity verification.
Can the sharing economy fix broken cities?
The sharing economy promises to transform urban living and cities for the better, but who will lead the way, and what role should firms that define themselves as 'sharing companies' play?
Rallying Point: Charles Lee's Longstanding Career in Public Health
An environmental pioneer’s groundbreaking work in environmental justice forever transformed how we view and address environmental racism and equity.