Gates Foundation Helps Poor Save Money, Open Accounts

August 11, 2009, Bloomberg — Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, wants to provide the poor with a safe place to put their money.

The Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $350 million toward projects that let the planet’s poor who have no access to banking keep cash deposits via their local post office, lottery outpost, or cellphone account.

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