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Fintech Adoption: Mobile, Digital, and Contactless Payments Increasingly Being Used in Indonesia Due to COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak has created significant socio-economic challenges, which have impacted individuals and businesses across the globe. More people are now spending time at home due to government-enforced nationwide lockdowns.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Finance
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: Paythink True Decentralization Is Needed for Financial Inclusion and Coronavirus Stimulus
Blockchain technology can reduce the inefficiency and even corruption that accompany centralization. While those who already have access to significant capital can make blockchain investments, it’s important to remember how everyone from small-business owners and workers to underserved communities can benefit.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Finance
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Press Release: Bboxx Unveils New Global Brand
Bboxx unveils new global brand as it celebrates its 10th birthday and gears up for the next phase of growth
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, Environment
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Viewpoint: Why Venture Capital Doesn’t Build the Things We Really Need
Venture capital has been the engine of US innovation for years. But investors are finding fewer ideas that fit their preferred pattern.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Technology
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- North America
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African Payment Startup Chipper Cash Raises USD $13.8M
African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has closed a $13.8 million Series A funding round led by Deciens Capital and plans to hire 30 new staff globally.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing
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Rural Fintech Startup Jai Kisan Raises USD$3.9 million From Nabard-Back Fund, Others
Jai Kisan, a Mumbai-based fintech platform, on Tuesday said it has raised Rs 30 crore funding from Arkam Ventures with participation of a fund backed by NABARD.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Future Returns: Stop the Spread Joins ImpactAssets to Battle COVID-19
In the early days of the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S., Kenneth Chenault, the former chief executive of American Express, and Rachel Romer Carlson, the CEO of Guild Education, wrote an opinion piece calling on the nation’s business leaders to directly address the widespread, critical needs raised by the crisis.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
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With $715B in AUM, Impact Investors Stay the Course, Despite the Pandemic
Amid a backdrop of a global pandemic and protests against brutal treatment of African Americans by police and systemic racism, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) just produced its 10th annual survey of the market.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing