<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item link="https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/team-selected-for-dollarcraft-challenge-to-drive-inclusive-financial-solutions.html" display="true" type="news-list"><title>AAMU Receives $50,000 Interledger Grant to Advance Digital Banking Education</title><summary>Alabama A&amp;M University has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Interledger Foundation, a nonprofit based in San Francisco dedicated to advancing open and interoperable digital financial systems.</summary><date>2025-11-16T12:00:00-08:00</date><imageAltText>Dr. Ed Pearson III, Schylar Robertson, Jason Bledsoe, Jeremiah Provost, Timothy Smith III, Juan Osoria, Ogechukwu Amah, Kortney Adkins,  Ariel Graham, Jay Mayes Jr., Madison Starnes, Sonya Merritt stand outside on the second floor of the AAMU Event Center</imageAltText><image>/_images/interledgerlredit.png</image><name>Team Selected for Dollarcraft Challenge to Drive Inclusive Financial Solutions</name><first>Team</first><last>Selected for Dollarcraft Challenge to Drive Inclusive Financial Solutions</last><url>https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/team-selected-for-dollarcraft-challenge-to-drive-inclusive-financial-solutions.html</url><tags/></item>