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MIT launches Digital Currency Initiative
The goal of the Digital Currency Initiative is to bring together global experts in areas ranging from cryptography, to economics, to privacy, to distributed systems, to take on this important new area of research.

MIT launches Digital Currency Initiative
The goal of the Digital Currency Initiative is to bring together global experts in areas ranging from cryptography, to economics, to privacy, to distributed systems, to take on this important new area of research.

Social Enterprise Etsy raises $267M in an IPO
Etsy Inc., the website founded a decade ago by a carpenter looking to sell wooden computers, nearly doubled in its trading debut after raising $267M in an initial public offering.

Social Enterprise Etsy raises $267M in an IPO
Etsy Inc., the website founded a decade ago by a carpenter looking to sell wooden computers, nearly doubled in its trading debut after raising $267M in an initial public offering.

World Bank reports massive drop in number of unbanked
From 2011 and 2014, 700 million people became account holders at banks, other financial institutions, or mobile money service providers, and the number of unbanked individuals dropped 20 percent to 2 billion adults, according to the 2014 Global Findex released this week.

World Bank reports massive drop in number of unbanked
From 2011 and 2014, 700 million people became account holders at banks, other financial institutions, or mobile money service providers, and the number of unbanked individuals dropped 20 percent to 2 billion adults, according to the 2014 Global Findex released this week.

Key step in P2P lending to transform the banking system
Citi will use the LendingCLub’s platform to supply up to $150 milion to “underserved” borrowers that its branch network is unable to reach. It is a key step in the attempt by the peer-to-peer lender to “transform” the banking system.

Key step in P2P lending to transform the banking system
Citi will use the LendingCLub’s platform to supply up to $150 milion to “underserved” borrowers that its branch network is unable to reach. It is a key step in the attempt by the peer-to-peer lender to “transform” the banking system.