60 Minutes
Strike-through | Fintech | The Children's Village
Season 48, Episode 31 · Aired 2016-05-01
Synopsis
Strike-through - A company accused of supplying faulty protective equipment to hospitals during the most recent Ebola outbreak also sold the equipment to the U.S. government's Strategic National Stockpile for use in future outbreaks and emergencies. Fintech - Patrick and John Collison are among a vanguard of entrepreneurs trying to make the movement of money online as easy as sending photos or videos. The young founders of Stripe, a $5 billion payments startup, appear in a Lesley Stahl report on the burgeoning industry known as "Fintech," which is challenging traditional financial institutions. The Children's Village - India Howell fell in love with Tanzania after climbing its famed Mt. Kilimanjaro. This American woman then made a life for herself there that led to new lives for 94 children who now call her "mom."
In the series
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Key cast
- Mike Wallace as Correspondent
- Morley Safer as Correspondent
- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
Also in season 48
- S48E01 Vladimir Putin | Donald Trump | The Greatest Escape
- S48E02 Hands off the Wheel | Patrick Kennedy | The Hidden Holocaust
- S48E03 President Obama | 30 Years on Death Row
- S48E04 Seeking Asylum | Make-A-Wish | Revis Island
- S48E05 Vice President Biden | The New Burma | Inside the Air War
- S48E06 Heroin in the Heartland | Smart Guns | The Slave Ship