Stellar | Together We Can - A Decentralized Vision for Financial Inclusion

Global Data on Financial Inclusion | FinDev Gateway

Explore our curated list of data sources relevant for microfinance and financial inclusion.

Stellar | Making Blockchain Technology Real: Why We're Giving Away Lumens

This giveaway design will test Stellar.org’s hypothesis: there are people in the bitcoin community who will realize the potential of distributed ledgers.

Join Us At The 4th Collaborative Finance Gathering

Join us at the 4th Collaborative Finance Gathering from 21-28 June 2026 at the Commons Hub in Hirschwang an der Rax, Austria

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT): Cooperative governance for network innovation, standards, and community

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project. This book traces the history and development of a mutual organization in the financial sector called SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Over the last forty years, SWIFT has served the financial services sector as proprietary communications platform, provider of products and services, standards developer, and conference organizer ("Sibos"). Founded to create efficiencies by replacing telegram and telex (or ‘wires’) for international payments, SWIFT now forms a core part of the financial services infrastructure. It is widely regarded as the most secure trusted third party network in the world serving 212 countries and over 10,000 banking organizations, securities institutions and corporate customers. Through every phase of its development, SWIFT has maintained the status of industry cooperative thus presenting an opportunity to study broader themes of globalization and governance in the financial services sector. In this book the authors focus on how the design and current state of SWIFT was influenced by its historical origins, presenting a comprehensive account in a succinct form which provides an informative guide to the history, structure, activities and future challenges of this key international organization. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars in a wide range of fields including IPE, comparative political economy, international economics, business studies and business history.

How Decentralization Can Win

This is a guest post by Melody He, founder and partner at Spartan Group, a blockchain investment fund and advisory firm in Singapore…

How We're Funded

IOI is supported through a mix of philanthropic support and financial commitments from institutions, consortia-based organizations, and more. As a sustainability focused not-for-profit initiative, we are keenly aware of the strains that exist on the current funding landscape for open infrastructure non-profits. We are dedicated at IOI to exploring revenue

Cosmos | Secure and Performant Blockchain for Institutions

Cosmos is an ever-expanding ecosystem of interoperable and sovereign blockchain apps and services, built for a decentralized future.

Manifest Financial | Banking Solutions for Creators

Crafted specifically for creators, streamlining financial management with seamless payments and effortless expense tracking—all in one place.

The Future Is Federated: My Fediverse Starter Guide

A starter guide for the Fediverse: what it is, how to join and its culture

The Open Stack | LinkedIn

Notes from the field on sustainability, funding, and the systems we rely on

World citizens support large increases in Finance for Development

In June, Seville will host the UN Finance for Development conference. This conference offers a historical occasion to secure long overdue…

PieFed - Explore Anything, Discuss Everything.

Federated, open‑source, ad‑free, and fully under your control. Build or join a community that reflects your values with no corporate overlords. …

ESF+ Study on Workers’ Buyout

This report provides a WBO overview within a European context, defines WBO and the most common models, as well as current trends and insights within the WBO context. The assessment is further enriched with insights collected from the countries analysed, incl. the mapping of the WBO frameworks in France, Spain, Italy and Slovenia and the in-debt case studies.

Sovereign Tech Fund | Sovereign Tech Agency

With the Sovereign Tech Fund, we invest globally in the open software components that underpin Germany's and Europe's competitiveness and ability to innovate. By targeting core digital infrastructure, our investments scale across many sectors and benefit a broad range of users. Improving the security, stability, and reusability of open software components directly enhances the productivity, competitive edge, and capacity for innovation of startups and small and medium-sized businesses.