1. Payments: Will Apple's new payments software usher in the digital wallet revolution? The New York Times
2. Microcredit: The opening session of the 2014 Microcredit Summit dared to ask why microloan prices—and profits—are so high in Mexico. NextBillion
3. India: As of 2012, 680 million Indians lack the means to meet basic needs - more than 2.5 times the population below the official poverty line. McKinsey & Company
4. Wages: Whether to raise the minimum wage remains a hot-button issue in the US, but not very many people earn minimum wage and they make up a smaller share of the workforce than they used to. Pew Research
5. Poverty: Why do we romanticize development work abroad while neglecting problems down the street? New America Foundation's Weekly Wonk Podcast
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Editors’ Note: Hi, Laura and Jonathan here. A few of the pieces this week come from people who spent years up close with how poor households actually handle money, and keep coming back with something more tangled than the story usually told, and more persistent. Tim will be back for the next edition. - Laura Freschi and Jonathan Morduch