The Morning Call
Online banking ins Africa is a growing industry. But, across the continent, communities who do not have access to the internet, still struggle to jump on the bandwagon of the financial future. Humaniq is a new kind of mobile bank, unchained from the massive ledger most bitcoin users are required to keep. The project aims to create a wallet with a single idigita signature for each user. The software will be designed to work on even the cheapest of android phones, ensuring maximum adoptability.
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