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Payments Innovation for the Financially Underse...

Jonathan LeBlanc
March 25, 2014
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Payments Innovation for the Financially Underserved

Covering the technology and finance behind building technology innovation for the underbanked and unbanked

Jonathan LeBlanc

March 25, 2014
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  1. The Unbanked 8.8% of America households (1 in 12, or

    10.8 million) are unbanked The Underbanked 20.1% of households (1 in 5, or 24 million) are underbanked
  2. Household Account Types •  29.3% have no savings account • 

    10% have no checking account Use of Alternate Financial Services •  25% use at least one AFS •  Almost 1/10 regularly use 2 or more •  About 4/10 unbanked and underbanked used an AFS in the last 30 days
  3. The Underbanked •  91% of underbanked have a mobile phone

    •  57% have a smartphone •  29% used mobile banking in last 12 months •  17% have used mobile payments
  4. The Unbanked •  64% of unbanked have a mobile phone

    •  18% have a smartphone •  10% used mobile banking in last 12 months •  12% have used mobile payments
  5. Funding A single savings / checking account or some pre-paid

    / cash equivalent card Payments Mobile first approach Targets Payday loans / high interest rate organizations