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How Government-to-Person payments can address the 5.9 million big unbanked problem in America

  • As of 2021, around 6 million Americans were unbanked and this problem disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic households, of which 10% have no checking or savings account.
  • Government-to-Person (G2P) payments may be a way to bring unbanked communities into the fold in a way that counters lack of trust and incentivizes participation.
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