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- ↑ "Bhagwan Chowdhry's FAB Campaign Aims to Put $100 in Bank Account for Every Baby". Fast Company . March 14, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
Bhagwan Chowdhry, a professor of finance at UCLA's Anderson School, outlines his organization's mission to give every newborn in the world access to financial legitimacy. The most stunning part of the FinancialAccess@Birth (FAB) campaign ...
- ↑ "Should every child receive a bank account at birth?". The Economist . March 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-18.