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How can technology and digital tools help close the inequality gap globally?
How digitization is accelerating international trade
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How digitization is accelerating international trade

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Money on the move

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Why regulating cross-border digital trade is tricky

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What We’re Watching: Boosting access, gender equality, and trust in the digital economy

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Adapting to a digital economy around the world
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Adapting to a digital economy around the world

The world economy’s digital destiny
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The world economy’s digital destiny

The shift to digital payment systems brings exciting opportunities for growth and incluson, but also a host of new challenges.

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The Graphic Truth: Mobile payments around the world

Mobile payments took off during the pandemic, and there's no going back. Contactless payments using your phone are now king in many parts of the world, like China, where cash is becoming an afterthought. But adoption has been uneven, with Asia leading the way and Latin America struggling to keep pace. Meanwhile, people in sub-Saharan Africa are digging low-tech mobile payment solutions that work on simple cellphone networks. We look at which regions will dominate these transactions in the future and which are the most popular platforms globally, highlighting a few select markets.

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Hard Numbers: Salvadorans snub crypto, Chinese heart QR codes, Nigerians go cashless, Europeans shop online

Lowering costs of poverty with digital & economic access
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Lowering costs of poverty with digital & economic access

Expanding access to digital tools for individuals and small businesses is a no-brainer, but easier said than done. So, what can we do to expand digital trade further, come up with fairer and safer remittances and digital payments, and push to include everyone in tomorrow's digital-first economy? To get some answers, GZERO hosted in partnership with Visa the livestream conversation "Closing the Gap: Digital Tools for Economic Empowerment."

How can we get unbanked people to go digital?
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How can we get unbanked people to go digital?

Sending remittances can be prohibitively expensive. How come? It costs a lot to manage cash in a secure way for unbanked people, Rubén Salazar, global head of Visa Direct, says during a livestream conversation on closing the global digital gap hosted by GZERO in partnership with Visa.

Closing the Gap: Digital Tools for Economic Empowerment Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | 11 am ET / 8 am PT
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Watch live October 19: Can access to digital tools transform the world's economy?

Is digitization crucial to economic growth? GZERO Media is partnering with Visa to explore what it means when 70% of the global economy’s growth in the next decade is projected to come from digitally-enabled businesses – yet 3.7 billion people lack internet access. What are the tools and initiatives needed to bring more people into the digital economy? Live today, our expert panel will explore the impact of digitization on empowering consumers and small businesses. Watch here.

Will Nepal cash out?
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Will Nepal cash out?

Like much of the world, Nepal saw digital payments soar during the pandemic. Tulsi Rauniyar, a young Nepalese documentary photographer, experienced the transition firsthand. With COVID making human touch a big concern, e-commerce and cashless transactions became more commonplace — so much so that Rauniyar herself rarely uses cash anymore. This technological globalization is increasingly helping female entrepreneurs and businesswomen succeed in Nepal. But it still needs to reach rural areas — where many hard-working women are unaware of these transformative technologies.

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What We're Watching: Digital money experiences in India, Togo & El Salvador

The advent of digital IDs; digital transfers to the rescue; a crypto cautionary tale.

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How it pays to innovate

We are heading towards a future where cash will surely be used less and less.

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Hard Numbers: Americans use less cash, Africans heart mobile money, Indians accept fees, Norwegians cash out

Only 41% of Americans say they don't use cash for any purchases in a given week.