Digital financial services consultant/entrepreneur.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined August 2008
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Bennett Gordon retweeted
You know, it just wouldn’t be classy to dunk on another law school whose faculty are currently on tv espousing white supremacy and colonialism, while @DukeLaw is supporting law students doing Black-led movement work. So instead I’ll just post this link again. ;)
NEW Duke Law Podcast🎙️: Hear how Duke Law's Movement Lawyering Lab course is reorienting the power and position of lawyers in today's social justice movements!✊
- Apple Podcasts bit.ly/dukelawpodcastapple
- Spotify bit.ly/thedukelawpodcastspot…
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A great line up of speakers sharing their experience and an opportunity to connect with others working on advancing women’s financial inclusion at #FinEquity2021. Have you registered yet ?
Register now! Full agenda for FinEquity's Annual meeting is out bit.ly/FinEquity21 featuring proven solutions /ongoing efforts around increasing the gender balance in financial services / conducting gender analysis/ designing for women’s inclusion! #financialinclusion
Bennett Gordon retweeted
NEWS: The US Postal Service has taken the first steps toward re-establishing a postal banking system in America.
prospect.org/economy/usps-be…
Bennett Gordon retweeted
Biden's EO: “This order reasserts as United States policy that the answer to the rising power of foreign monopolies and cartels is not the tolerance of domestic monopolization, but rather the promotion of competition & innovation by firms small and large, at home & worldwide.” 🔥
Bennett Gordon retweeted
Ethio Telecom set to launch its mobile money service in 2 months time.
The CEO has stated that Technology acquisition is completed and two rounds of staff trainings conducted as part of the preparation.
#Ethiopia #mobilemoneyET
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Congrats @kopokopoinc! We have a new look! by Kopo Kopo, Inc. link.medium.com/wpGkiK6vkab
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1. I'm reading Republican @RepKenBuck's leaked views on the big tech antitrust hearing, and it's quite a remarkable document. First, the Chicago School has lost the argument. Buck endorses the the fact there's a monopoly crisis.
"Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook have used...
Bennett Gordon retweeted
Churches in Rwanda have re-opened but as part of anti COVID-19 spread measures, cash collections are completely banned with most churches adopting mobile money.
This is article is in Kinyarwanda but the photos are incredible!
igihe.com/iyobokamana/articl…
Bennett Gordon retweeted
We sued because the people have a right to know what's happening. When we're barred from being on the streets, journalists are there to bear witness.
Police will be held to account for their brazen attacks on the press.
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Ethiopia will allow non-financial institutions to offer mobile-money services, effectively opening up the lucrative business to telecommunication companies trib.al/rwgJYkj
Bennett Gordon retweeted
We can send rockets into space. But a big chunk of COVID relief is going to be sent out in the form of paper checks. For the unbanked, checks don't cut it, says @jentescher: forbes.com/sites/jennifertes…
One option? Leverage the government's Direct Express debit card program.
Bennett Gordon retweeted
I’m not Jewish. But my family once was. And the family name was Ungar.
And so who knows what it means that this poem, written by a woman with my family name, is the first thing that’s given me some calm in a long week.
Be kind to yourself but also, especially, others. ❤️
Bennett Gordon retweeted
#Ethiopia is going digital, as per PM @AbiyAhmedAli, & we are proud to play our part!
This week in #AddisAbaba, we convened stakeholders from across the payments ecosystem to:
✔️Share inputs
✔️Align strategies
✔️Promote ownership of #DigitalPayments Strategy
More soon! #Africa
