2019. Heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. A thousand additional u. S. Troops now getting sent to the middle east after iran said it will surpass the amount of low grade uraniuim it is allowed to stockpile within the next ten days. The u. S. And iran inch closer to conflict. We should not yield to Nuclear Extortion by the iranian regime. The fbi is digging into the social media accounts and military background of a man accused of trying to shoot up a federal courthouse in downtown dallas. Were looking at motive. And toronto chaos broke out after a shooting at the raptors nba championship celebration. We know there are four victims right now that have gunshot wounds. Passengers on a flight to france catch a terrifying bout of turbulence. The fashion world is mourning the death of designer and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, the mother of kcnn anchor Anderson Cooper. Eating a tub of mayonnaise. Is that a big blob of it . It was the music that stole the show. And all that matte
In addition, it is hard in the circumstances to be an entrepreneur when you are outside the foremost Financial System. It is 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 Service services for the poor and they understand that it is vital to Economic Development and social inclusion. As a result, they are developing Financial Inclusion policies and implementing a new framework that encourages inclusion. Today, robin lewis, john and myself are wanting our third annual Brookings Square card metering progress on Financial Access and usage with the support of the bill we have embarked on a threeyear study of inclusion in 26 developing countries. The short summary is that weve seen progress on Financial Services in many places and there are efforts to help marginalized populations and this is happening through mobile money and digital Financial Services. As part
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 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 that Financial Inclusion is vital to Economic Development and social inclusion. And so as a result they are developing Financial Inclusion policies and implementing a new framework that encourages inclusion. So today ryan lewis, John Villasenor, and myself are launching our third annual brookings scorecard measuring progress on Financial Access and usage with the support of the bill and Melin
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