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Filling the Water Access Funding Gap: Three Lessons to Maximize the Impact of Innovative Finance
More than two billion people still live without access to safe drinking water, but global funding to meet their water needs is severely lacking. As Lauren Cuscuna of Safe Water Network explains, innovative financing mechanisms can help fill the gap – but blended finance transactions in the water sector are lower than in other industries. She shares three key lessons Safe Water Network has learned while implementing innovative financing approaches to meet the long-term needs of the local water enterprises it works with in Ghana and India.
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- Finance, Technology, WASH
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Sequoia Heritage, Stripe and Others Invest $200 Million in African Fintech Wave at $1.7 Billion Valuation
Wave, a U.S. and Senegal-based mobile money provider has received the largest Series A in Africa by a long shot, and is geared toward taking on telecom-led mobile money.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Meeting the Crypto Regulatory Challenge
Cryptocurrency adoption has soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, as everyone from private investors and public companies to underbanked individuals realised the benefits of digital currencies.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Analysis: Scepticism Grows in El Salvador Over Pioneering Bitcoin Gamble
El Salvador will be first to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender next month – but economists are sounding warnings over risks.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Analysis: Innovative Financing for the Sustainable Development Goals
The Executive Secretary at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific shares why more needs to be done to harness the potential of innovative financing for the SDGs.
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- Global
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FV Bank Raises $8 Million Series A Funding
Headquartered in Puerto Rico, FV Bank will utilize the funding to launch a digital asset custody solution, a debit card along with international expansion.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: The ABC Fund Supports Bolivian Microfinance Institution CIDRE IFD With Multi-Million-Dollar Investment
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (‘ABC Fund’) has announced that it is investing USD 4.7 million in Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Regional (‘CIDRE IFD’), a microfinance institution providing financial support to smallholder farmers in Bolivia.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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- Latin America
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Pera Hub Teams up With Brankas To Introduce Digital Remittance Platform in Southeast Asia
The platform based in the Philippines will aim to offer tech services to an array of companies and businesses online remittance services.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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