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Bill Foster: “If this was in place during COVID, when we had to onboard massive numbers of unbanked customers, but the customers had…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2023
If this was in place during COVID, when we had to onboard massive numbers of unbanked customers, but the customers had had a secure digital ID, would that have been a big improvement in our response to COVID?
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster discusses the potential benefits of digital ID during COVID for onboarding unbanked customers.

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