Financial and Monetary Systems

How technology can help unbanked access e-commerce

Isha Hassan Abdinur uses biometric fingerprint to sign for her online shopping from the World Food Program (WFP) in Daynile district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 26, 2020. Picture taken October 26, 2020.

Biometric authentication, via fingerprints, could be a solution to verify people without bank accounts. Image: REUTERS/Feisal Omar.

Kirill Evstratov
Chief Executive Officer, Unlimint
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