Welcome to the Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion (IMTFI). Established in 2008, the Institute is housed in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Its mission is to support research on money & technology among the world's poorest people. We create a community of practice & inquiry into the everyday uses & meanings of money, as well as the technological infrastructures being developed as carriers of mainstream & alternative currencies worldwide. Browse and sort database of projects with advanced search. CLICK HERE
- The IMTFI Edited Collection: MONEY AT THE MARGINS: Global Perspectives on Technology, Financial Inclusion and Design edited by Bill Maurer, Smoki Musaraj, and Ivan Small. Introduction available online.
- PAID: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff edited by Bill Maurer and Lana Swartz.
- The origins of money are in bartering, right? Not so, explains IMTFI Director, Bill Maurer, speaking with On the Media (10/12/18), "in the beginning was not the coin... in the beginning was the receipt." Listen online for more!
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Bill Maurer, anthropology, via Capital Public Radio, Jan. 17, 2019 (Audio)
Women leading the blockchain revolution: "Jump in and don't hesitate" With Heidi Pease and Tyler Gallagher
December 30, 2018
IMTFI in Medium, Dec. 30, 2018