We at Clear Purchase are building Micro Payment Rails specifically designed for the poorest people in Developing Countries.
We are building a secure Payment Switch, connecting Financial Institutions of different kinds together like a hub in a wheel, to facilitate transactions between their account holders. This is an incredibly risky endeavor, however our founder Nick Brown is uniquely qualified to build secure Micro Payment Rails.Developing Countries are currently building out their Financial Infrastructure.
Few people, even in the industry, understand how easy it is to falter, and how incredibly destructive the consequences. However, our founder Nick Brown is almost uniquely qualified to assist.Physical Cash is one of the barriers trapping people in poverty.
There is much talk of Big Tech owning our Private Information, and their ability to restrict News and Free Speech.
However, there is a far more worrying story that no-one is talking about: Big Tech is in the process of grabbing control of all Payment Processing, Globally. Imagine what they will do with that kind of power. We must stop them gaining complete dominance of this industry before it is too late.There are around 3 million Undocumented in California, most of whom have jobs, families, cars, cell phones, etc..
However, due to federal regulations, they are not able to safely open a bank account or a credit/debit card. They are excluded from the financial services that we take for granted every day. They have to do everything with physical cash, as do the Poor & Homeless.They have to take their pay checks to expensive cash checking companies, and sending money home to their families in Latin America is costly and inconvenient. California Showcase: San FranciscoBanking is inconvenient in most Caribbean countries, and many in The Americas, with regular people having to wait for an hour or more just to get into a branch.
Most people do almost everything with physical cash.Considerable innovation has been happening in recent years, with new local Mobile Wallets, and also a new Sand Dollar CBDC. However, all these systems and technologies will be of limited value until they start connecting and working together, and connecting to the major banks - Interoperability.Caribbean Showcase: The Bahamas ✔While many Developing Countries have extremely high poverty rates, they have also been making phenomenal strides in changing their future, with innovations like M-Pesa Mobile Money.
The biggest problem with offering financial services to people earning $2 per day is tiny transaction sizes. It is not viable to use a Credit/Debit Card for 10¢ purchases, when there is a 20-35¢ minimum fee.In addition, offering $100 Micro-Loans are extremely expensive when collecting the loan repayments in cash, which has to be passed on to the borrower.Africa Showcase: Ghana & Kenya