Leveraging Technology to Serve the Underserved, with Kristi Kenworthy of Dora Financial

The core philosophy of credit unions is people helping people and enabling underbanked communities that don't have access to traditional financial institutions. While technology can play an important role in effectively reaching those communities, there will inevitably be some members of the community that don’t have access to modern technology. Therein lies the rub. 

In this episode of Digital Banking Podcast, Kristi Kenworthy, Managing Director of Dora Financial, a CUSO of credit union USALLIANCE Financial, joined host Josh DeTar to discuss the present and future of the credit union industry. She introduced Dora and shared its origin story, vision, and mission. 

When asked about whether credit unions are following the core philosophy (as mentioned earlier), Kristi said, ''Do credit unions do a good job? Absolutely. They do a great job trying to serve people of modest means who might shun mainstream financial products and services. But could Dora be a solution that would help you do an even better job? If there are still 50 million unbanked Americans, we have to do a lot of work to try to serve that market and bring them into the credit union industry.''