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Harris discusses financial inclusion and earned wage access

Mar 22, 2021 Future of Pay Podcast
Adrienne Harris sits down with the  Future of Pay podcast to discuss ways to increase financial inclusion, earned wage access, and the fixed pay cycle. "The fact that people get paid every two weeks or every month is really born of an arcane system...
Fireside chat with Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris of the New York Department of Financial Services
Small Business of the Week

Small Business of the Week: Royalty Gardens

Mar 19, 2021
Royalty Gardens' handmade soaps give your skin the moisture it needs while you stay protected and detoxed. No chemicals, no fragrances, no meat products. They use only organic and essential oils to make great soap and even better aromatherapy....
Royalty Gardens
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Small Business of the Week: CommodiTeas

Mar 12, 2021
CommodiTeas Tea Company offers premium quality teas, tea infusions, and gifts for consumers, businesses, and retailers. Their tea menu includes teas from around the globe, and they strive to “supply great taste because you demand great taste.”...
CommodiTeas
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Small Business of the Week: The Wise Decision

Mar 5, 2021
The Wise Decision’s (TWD) skilled team of credentialed trainers, coaches and wellness experts are committed to providing clients with personalized programming, coaching and attention to achieve their individual health and fitness goals. TWD’s...
The Wise Decision
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Small Business of the Week: Mature

Feb 26, 2021
Mature is founded and managed by brothers Darryl and DeKoven Humes from Detroit, Michigan. Darryl and DeKoven are active mentors in the community and proud supporters of the City. Mature offers a collection of products from hand selected...
Mature
CFLP Update

Founders & Entrepreneurs Discuss Fintech In The African Context

Feb 26, 2021
On February 15, the Center on Finance, Law & Policy hosted “Fintech in the African Context” as part of the University of Michigan’s Africa Week. Panelists discussed regulatory frameworks, barriers to scale, and business models that respond to the...
Fintech in the African Context promotional graphic
CFLP Update

Book Review: Banking On A Revolution

Feb 23, 2021
In Banking on a Revolution: Why Financial Technology Won't Save a Broken System, U-M Professor Terri Friedline calls attention to systemic issues in society and the economy. Rather than separately dissecting issues, Professor Friedline groups these...
Ford School
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Small Business of the Week: Blck Cocoa Bakes

Feb 19, 2021
Blck Cocoa Bakes was founded by Detroit native Bre’Anna Johnston, who has been a lover of food since childhood. Inspired by bakes from her elders, she is passionate about creating memories with her food. As she grew up, writing became her focus,...
Blck Cocoa Bakes
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Small Business of the Week: Three Lyons Creative

Feb 12, 2021
Mike Williams, Tony Eggert, and Daniel Wylie-Eggert founded Three Lyons Creative in January 2014. They are cousins who studied varied creative disciplines and decided to combine their talents to create stronger products for clients they believe...
Three Lyons Creative
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Small Business of the Week: Farmacy Food

Feb 4, 2021
Farmacy Food is your guide and partner to looking at health holistically. They strive to serve the whole you — Farmacy Food provides food to address your nutritional needs. As they learn more about your goals, they work to connect you with their...
Farmacy Food
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Small Business of the Week: Experience Relish

Jan 28, 2021
Experience Relish is a globally inspired, locally sourced pop-up dining experience and catering company founded by Brittiany Peeler and Le’Genevieve Squires. Experience Relish is centered around food that is locally sourced, seasonal, and treated...
Experience Relish
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Small Business of the Week: Live Cycle Delight

Jan 21, 2021
Live Cycle Delight (LCD) was founded by Amina Daniels, a high energy fitness professional, who champions her Detroit based cycle studio. Equally as passionate about style as she is for fitness, she has enjoyed over 10 years of success in luxury...
Live Cycle Delight
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Small Business of the Week: Featherstone

Jan 14, 2021
Featherstone is a trilingual, immigrant-owned marketing agency seeking equity for people of color and LGBTQ communities, founded by Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez. Juan Carlos is also the founder of Southwest Detroit Restaurant Week, which highlights...
Featherstone
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Small Business of the Week: Fahrenheit 313

Dec 17, 2020
Frederick Paul II founded Fahrenheit 313 after living as a struggling college student who needed cash in order to survive away from home. An avid sneaker addict, Fred decided to sell some of his old vintage sneakers for extra cash. He...
Fahrenheit 313
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Small Business of the Week: AKOMA

Dec 11, 2020
AKOMA is a cooperative for Detroit’s women artists and makers, especially Women Artists and Makers of Color. AKOMA’s vision is to create a space where like-minded women can be in community with one another, learn from one another, support one...
Akoma
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Small Business of the Week: Platters Chocolatier

Dec 3, 2020
Platters Chocolatier is a Detroit-based, full service chocolate confectionery company that specializes in designing, manufacturing and delivering custom luxury chocolates for events. Platters repertoire ranges from working with corporate clients...
Platters Chocolatier
News

Harris joins Ford School colleagues on Biden-Harris transition

Nov 20, 2020
Ford School professor of practice and Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Adrienne Harris has been named to a Biden-Harris transition Agency Review Team, focusing on the Federal Reserve, Banking and Securities Regulators group includes the...
FinTech career lunch talk with Adrienne Harris
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Small Business of the Week: PizzaPlex

Nov 19, 2020
The PizzaPlex founding team is passionate about pizza, equitable growth, and sustainable cities. Their love for these things led to the birth of PizzaPlex L3C, a community-centric pizzeria in Detroit. The PizzaPlex team is actively embarking on a...
PizzaPlex
Publication

2020 Central Bank of the Future Conference Papers

Nov 16, 2020 /2020-central-bank-future-conference-papers
"Banking Regulation and Antitrust Towards Financial Inclusion and Access to Credit" by Denis Guimaraes "Central Bank Communication with a Financial Stability Objective" by David M. Arseneau "Developing Country Central Banks of the Future as...
Ford School
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Small Business of the Week: AGI Construction

Nov 12, 2020
AGI Construction is a service-disabled veteran, native-american minority-owned general contractor construction company based in Southwest Detroit. AGI provides commercial and multi-housing interior remodeling, retrofitting, and building services...
AGI Construction
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Small Business of the Week: The Lab Drawer

Nov 5, 2020
The Lab Drawer is an Ed-Tech monthly subscription box full of cross-functional learning experiences for children ages 10-14. Inspired by the look of a chemistry lab drawer, every box includes materials and instructions for a unique STEM...
The Lab Drawer
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Barr and Harris call for more inclusive payments systems

Oct 26, 2020
Ford School Dean Michael Barr and professor of practice Adrienne Harris say the technologies  of the “payments revolution,” which enable people to make payments and access bank accounts more easily, can also lead to greater financial...
Barr and Harris call for more inclusive payments systems
Small Business of the Week

Small Business of the Week: The Congregation

Oct 22, 2020
The Congregation is a coffee shop, bar, and community event space located in Detroit’s Boston-Edison neighborhood. Co-founded by Betsy Murdoch, The Congregation is located in a former 1920s-era church. Detroit restaurants, such as Pizza Plex,...
The Congregation