Registration is now open! afripoli.org/state-of-afric… Wednesday 20 October 2021 3pm - 4:30pm (CEST) Join the conversation to discuss the implementation of Africa's Digital Agenda. #africasdigitalagenda Faten Aggad Olumide Abimbola @NdzendzeBhaso

Prof. Mehrsa Baradaran's new paper highlighted for analysis on credit, morality and small-dollar loans The Regulatory Review theregreview.org/2021/11/17/min…

Join Bill Maurer tomorrow (12/2) as he discusses sovereigns, cooperatives and publics in the seminar 'Central Bank digital currencies as a debate over intermediation' King's College London bit.ly/3DdjPdK #CBDCs #Blockchain

Join IMTFI Director Bill Maurer TODAY at 5pmPT for the opening talk, “Central Bank Digital Currencies in Asia: A Regional Perspective” for the 2-day conference: #Digital Transactions in Asia IV. #CBDCs #asia

Looking forward to Digital Transactions IV today and tomorrow, which kicks off with a talk by anthropology of money guru Bill Maurer. Tomorrow I get to do my bit eventbrite.com/e/digital-tran… Institute for Culture and Society (ICS)

Join us at UCI TOMORROW, 5/4 at 3pmPT for the hybrid roundtable discussion with IMTFI Academic Advisory Board's Funmi Arewa, "Thieving the Present – Building the Future"~

Breaking the money taboo with UCI Community Credit researchers! Using #photovoice photography to build trusted dialogue about Californians’ daily financial lives bit.ly/moneytaboo UCI Social Sciences PhotovoiceWorldwide

A Tale of Three Cedis, Mobile Money, and Fintech? User Experiences in Ghana’s Evolving Moneyscape miasa.hypotheses.org/429 via Hypotheses

Maurer offers some thoughts on the ongoing #Cryptocrash

Telling financial stories through photovoice: UC Irvine-led Community Credit project uses photos, first-person community perspectives to inform financial industry practices that create inclusion, increase trust, and fight financial disinformation. 🔗 photovoiceworldwide.com/telling-financ…

“Is my money safe in your bank when I go digital?” is what senior citizens in India wanted to know when asked about the Digital Rupee (e₹), a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Read insights from the field bit.ly/3Yf7CjZ #CBDC #digitalcurrency #India #trust

What are the three obstacles to the broader adoption of digital payments in Indonesia? Read insights from the field: bit.ly/3SbwyqB #CBDC #digitalcurrency #Indonesia #cash #FinancialInclusion

One of the things that stands in the way of more people using digital payments is a lack of interoperability, both for e-money and bank accounts. Read insights from the field on #womenentrepreneurs in #Indonesia. bit.ly/3kpZ2QM #CBDC #cash #urban

"Though #Nigeria has seen significant technological advancements in banking and payments, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) drive for a cashless economy has yet to reduce cash usage in Nigeria’s informal economy." Insights from the field: bit.ly/3Ky6YtV #CBDC #eNaira

US-MX #remittances - Frictions to Implement a #CBDC. Insights from the field: bit.ly/3xZ5fGB #intermediaries #Mexico #cash

Strategies for financial access in #rural El Progreso, #Mexico: collective dynamics, role of #intermediaries, and bypassing digital barriers. Read insights from the field: bit.ly/3ZzHstf #CBDC #FinancialInclusion #trust #noonesizefitsall

“Participation in a cashless economy is not a universal experience” – Looking at e-money and “cash-filled cashless transactions” in #Indonesia. Read insights from the field: bit.ly/41PbwlZ #CBDC #digitalpayments #FinancialInclusion

Entangled Legacies of Empire. Online book launch *tomorrow* @ 12 pm ET! In defiance of those who claim that today’s capitalist system is free of racism and exploitation, this book shows that the past is not behind us; it defines our world and our lives. wp.me/paGDrD-2CU

What actually is money? Anthropologist Dr. Bill Maurer breaks it down: it's a way to record obligations a shared memory of exchanged value. Blockchain is just the cleanest version of that we’ve ever built. Full convo on The Clear Crypto Podcast.

In Memoriam, Jane I. Guyer bit.ly/guyer_inmem