How the Gates Foundation Brings Financial Access to Billions

In this episode, Kosta explains how these payment systems empower individuals, foster economic growth, and benefit businesses across the developing world, as progress accelerates toward the 2030 goal of full financial inclusion.
03/18/2026
Podcast guest Kosta Peri

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As the former Chief Architect of the SWIFT network, which is still used to handle $4 trillion in daily transfers, Kosta Peric helped to transform the global financial landscape. Now at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Kosta is helping to increase financial inclusion across the globe, building scalable, interoperable payments infrastructure to give unbanked populations access to secure financial services for the first time.


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