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Standard Chartered Partners To Launch Mobile Wallet In Uganda
The partnership with MTN will expand the service in Africa, making it the sixth country in Africa where Straight2Bank is available.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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One of World’s Fastest Growing FinTech Startup Launches Its First Engineering Hub in India
Tala plans to build India as the hub for its Asian operations, and the Bangalore team will play an integral role in executing Tala’s vision for the market in the region.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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- fintech, mobile finance
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Kenya telecoms operators reject money tax
The operators were reacting to Treasury secretary Henry Rotich’s announcement last Thursday that he intends to increase excise tax on mobile money transfers from 10 per cent to 12 per cent.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Telenor bets on Asia’s bottom-of-the-pyramid market
Norway's telecom operator expands presence in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Report: Postal Services Vital For Remittance Delivery In Africa
Postal services can play a pivotal role in delivering remittances, lowering the transfer costs and providing access to basic financial services in Africa, says a new report.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Using Findex Wisely: Understanding the Strengths and Weaknesses of the World’s Biggest Financial Inclusion Dataset
The Global Findex report is an essential piece of data for the financial inclusion sector, but its insights should nevertheless be treated with caution, says Daniel Rozas. Exploring some inexplicable findings in the recent Findex 2017 release, he breaks down the limits of survey-based data, and explains how Findex can be used in combination with other forms of data to get a more accurate picture of financial inclusion progress.
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- Finance
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Phone becomes a throw-in for mobile wallet app in South Africa
MyBucks, a company headquartered in Luxembourg that publicly trades in Frankfurt, was founded in 2011 to make microloans to small businesses.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The countries where women have more bank accounts than men
There are just six countries in the world where more women than men have bank accounts - Argentina, Georgia, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, and the Philippines.
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- Finance