From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: Washington Computer Scientists to Make Financial Products Better and More Available for the Poor from University of Washington University of Washington computer scientists and engineers, with a grant from the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will develop, test and deploy new technological solutions to make financial products better and more available to the lowest-income people around the world. With a new $1.7 million, two-year grant awarded by the Gates Foundation in December, the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering is establishing a new Digital Financial Services Research Group to investigate and overcome technological barriers to widespread adoption of mobile financial services. more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063