NORTH CANTON, Ohio,
April 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), through its charitable arm,
the Diebold Foundation, has pledged to donate $250,000 over the next four years to Operation
HOPE, whose mission is to expand economic opportunity to
underserved populations both in the U.S. and around the world
through financial education and empowerment.
According to a recent report, 2 billion adults globally remain
without access to financial services.[1] The support of
Diebold Nixdorf will enable
Operation HOPE to continue empowering the world's underbanked and
unbanked populations through financial education, including, credit
and money management, homeownership preparedness and small business
entrepreneurship programs.
"We would like to thank Diebold
Nixdorf for their generous support of the work of Operation
HOPE," said John Hope Bryant,
founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Operation HOPE.
"The support of an important player in the financial services
industry, like Diebold Nixdorf,
helps us continue to impact more lives by making banking more
accessible to people around the world."
John Kristoff, vice president and chief marketing and
communications officer, Diebold
Nixdorf, said, "We are thrilled to support Operation HOPE
and its mission. Our connected commerce solutions have been helping
our customers improve individuals' access to financial services for
years. This new partnership with Operation HOPE utilizes that
expertise and experience and will help to improve financial
services access to underserved people around the world."
About Operation HOPE
Since 1992, Operation HOPE has been moving America from civil
rights to "silver rights" with the mission of making free
enterprise and capitalism work for the underserved. Through its
core programs, the nonprofit has provided financial dignity and
economic empowerment to over 2.6 million individuals worldwide, and
$2 billion in economic activity for
the disenfranchised—turning check cashing customers into banking
customers, renters into homeowners, small business dreamers into
small business owners and minimum wage workers into living wage
consumers.
About Diebold Nixdorf
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
(NYSE: DBD) is a world leader in enabling connected commerce for
millions of consumers each day across the financial and retail
industries. Its software-defined solutions bridge the physical and
digital worlds of cash and consumer transactions conveniently,
securely and efficiently. As an innovation partner for nearly all
of the world's top 100 financial institutions and a majority of the
top 25 global retailers, Diebold
Nixdorf delivers unparalleled services and technology that
are essential to evolve in an 'always on' and changing consumer
landscape.
Diebold Nixdorf has a presence in
more than 130 countries with approximately 25,000 employees
worldwide. The organization maintains corporate offices in
North Canton, Ohio, USA and
Paderborn, Germany. Shares are
traded on the New York and
Frankfurt Stock Exchanges under the symbol 'DBD'. Visit
www.DieboldNixdorf.com for more information.
[1] The World Bank. 2014 Global Financial Development
Report.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTGLOBALFINREPORT/Resources/8816096-1361888425203/9062080-1364927957721/GFDR-2014_Complete_Report.pdf
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