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Minority Entrepreneurs Still Face Discrimination When Seeking Finance

The Horizons Tracker

Equipped with business profiles that exceeded the criteria for loan qualification, the Black testers were furnished with even stronger profiles (including higher business income, longer operational history, greater funds in their accounts, and superior credit scores).

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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business Review

banks are going to survive the coming wave in financial technology (fintech), they’ll need to finally take digital transformation seriously. Small businesses are starting to demand banking services that have engaging web and mobile user experiences, on par with the technologies they use in their personal lives.

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How Blockchain Could Help Emerging Markets Leap Ahead

Harvard Business Review

Much has been made of the potential for blockchain technologies to open up new vistas for business and society. But is there a way for this revolutionary technology to empower the rich and poor alike? How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Distributed Database.