Practically perfect. I would remove the qualifier "smaller" in the last sentence, because small is undefined and can be misleading.
*Apache Fineract is an open-source core banking platform providing a * > > *flexible, extensible foundation for a wide range of financial services. * > *By making robust banking technology openly available, it lowers barriers * > *for smaller institutions and innovators to reach underserved and > unbanked **populations.* Paul On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM Ádám Sághy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi James, > > I second this. > > Regards, > Adam > > On 2025. Oct 6., at 21:01, James Dailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi community - Recently, Felix was re-writing the README. He proposed a > different description. > > Note that the official ASF listed description is: > > The mission of Apache Fineract is the creation and maintenance of software > related to a core banking platform that provides a reliable, robust, and > affordable solution for entrepreneurs, financial institutions, and service > providers to offer financial services to the world's underbanked and > unbanked. > > > That change of mission was already discussed so, I think, we should simply > use that: > https://lists.apache.org/thread/556hwmw9xs05x17nc6db0mjf9ontdvto > > We changed the description in Oct 2022 > https://lists.apache.org/thread/556hwmw9xs05x17nc6db0mjf9ontdvto > > As a matter of best practice, the README should have been changed to > reflect that change, but wasn't. > > I am ok with Felix's new description: Any supporters? > > >> *Apache Fineract is an open-source core banking platform providing a * >> *flexible, extensible foundation for a wide range of financial services. * >> *By making robust banking technology openly available, it lowers >> barriers * >> *for smaller institutions and innovators to reach underserved and >> unbanked **populations.* > > > Felix wrote > > 1. In particular in light of recent discussions on the mailing list, the > current description of the Fineract project at the top is imprecise: > > > Apache Fineract: A Platform for Microfinance > > Fineract is a mature platform with open APIs that provides a > reliable, robust, and affordable core banking solution for financial > institutions offering services to the world’s 3 billion underbanked and > unbanked. > > I suggest the following instead: > > > Apache Fineract: Fintech for everyone > > Apache Fineract is an open-source core banking platform providing a > flexible, extensible foundation for a wide range of financial services. > By making robust banking technology openly available, it lowers barriers > for smaller institutions and innovators to reach underserved and unbanked > populations. > > This reflects better the reality. But due to the significance of this > change, I would like to hear your opinion first. > > > > > > -- -- Paul
