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How Missionary Are You … Actually?
Every startup appears on some grand social (or environmental) mission these days. And in fintech,…
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Mercenary Impact
The Core team has long said that while we respect shrewd mercenaries as well as tree-hugging missionaries, we…
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A Case For Why Government Should Mandate Lifetime Basic Income (But Won’t)
About 100 years ago, the government started making auto insurance mandatory. But it took 50…
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From Redlining to Black Fintech
We recently issued a challenge to the fintech community to think outside the box and align the…
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More Money, Fewer Problems
About a month ago, two Black-owned banks merged, making the combined institution, City First Bank,…
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Core’s North Star
Core was originally inspired by microlending in the developing world and in anger at the…
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March of the Fintechs
We’re in the fourth wave of fintech (the first was in the 70s with the…
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It’s Expensive to Be American
By Arjan Schütte and Matthew Shackelford For years, I’ve been going around saying it’s expensive…
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Is Walmart the Community Bank of the Future?
As unemployment benefits are expiring, and many who were furloughed are likely to be laid…
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How Fun, Automation and an Epiphany Will Get America Saving Again
By Arjan Schütte Our lack of saving is painfully clear today. It is no news…
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