Next, a look at how Digital Technologies have impacted Financial Inclusion in the u. S. And abroad. Researchers at the Brookings Institution spoke about the data followed by a panel on the challenges that still exist. This is just under 90 minutes. Good morning. Im gerald west, Vice President of government stud sxwriz director of the center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. And i would like to welcome you to our forum on Financial Inclusion. And we are webcasting this event live. So wed like to welcome our viewe viewers. And also those of you who have tuned in via cspan. For those of you who are wishing to post comments, during the forum we have set up a twitter feed at financialinclusion. Thats financialinclusion. So youre welcome to make any comments that you would like. So there are nearly 2 billion adults globally who do not have bank accounts. This makes it very difficult to Access Financial services, pay bills, or transfer money to relatives. In addition, it
For those of you who are wishing to post comments during the forum, we have set up a twitter feed at financialinclusion. So youre welcome to make any comments that you would like. So there are nearly two billion adults globally who do not have Bank Accounts. This makes it very difficult to Access Financial services, pay bills or transfer money to relatives. In addition, it is hard in those circumstances to be an entrepreneur when you are outside the formal Financial System. Its difficult to gain access to capital or form a business when you lack basic Financial Services. But the good news is that many nations have made commitments to expanding Financial Services for the poor. They understand the Financial Inclusion is vital to Economic Development and social inclusion. As a result they are developing Financial Inclusion policies and implementing a new frame works that encourage inclusion. So today robin lewis, john, and myself are launching our third annual brookings scorecard measurin
But according to the Pennsylvania Department of state, registered democratic voters in the state outnumber registered republicans by more than 800,000. Now, when it comes to the states congressional delegation in the u. S. House, republican representatives outnumber democrats 13 to 5. The states two senate seats are evenly split between the parties. So, can republicans keep pennsylvania red . What do democrats have to do to win back the state in 2020 . Can democrats win back any house seats in 2018 . And can republicans oust democratic senator bob casey . Here to answer some of those questions and a whole lot more is democratic congress,an from pennsylvanias 13th District Representative brendan boyle. He is serving his second term in dc. Thanks for being with us this morning. Brendan boyle yeah, great to be back. Erin yes okay so, lets jump right in. White workingclass voters were once a key pillar of the Democratic Party but in this last election, President Trump swayed them over. You
Finally a quick look at crude. You can buy a barrel of wti crude for 47. 49. Here are the big stories were watching. A phishing attack has targeted googles 1 billion gmail users. An email coming from a trusted source asks you to open a google document and it redirects you to a page to open a google goc pdo page, which then trooef retrie email addresses. Tim cook saying apple will start a 1 million fund to promote manufacturing jobs in the United States. Were creating an advanced manufacturing fund. Were initially putting 1 billion fund in the fund. This i did not know about. Were announcing it today, youre the first person im telling. And im not the first person, because we have talked to a company that were going to invest in, already. But this a billion dollars of apples 256 billion. A billion dollars of our u. S. Money, that we have to borrow to get, thats a whole other topic, but were really proud to do it. And by doing that, we can be the ripple in the pond, because if we can crea
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