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10 ways central banks are experimenting with blockchain
These organizations, tasked with overseeing a nation’s monetary policy and financial and economic stability, are very cautious to implement any technology or solution that can have adverse consequences. Yet many central banks are actively researching a variety of use cases to explore the technology’s potential in controlled, secure settings.
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- Technology
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- blockchain
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18 women-led tech startups bag funding from empoWer accelerator program
This third edition of empoWer had the backing of a galaxy of organisations that included Indian Clearing Corporation Limited (ICCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE Ltd. (BSE), as the lead Industry Sponsor.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- accelerators, startups
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M-Pesa helps drive up Kenyans’ access to financial services – study
The proportion of Kenya’s population with access to formal financial services rose to 83 percent from 75 percent in 2016, driven largely by mobile technology, a survey part-conducted by the central bank showed on Wednesday.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This startup lets users watch ads to get free mobile service
Instead of paying your cell phone bill in cash, Moolah Mobile lets you pay for your service as you use it, by putting ads on your home screen.
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- North America
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India’s first female unicorn owner in Forbes 30 under 30 list; retail, e-com disruptors to watch out
Ankiti Bose, who got in the limelight for becoming the first female owner of a $1 billion company named Zilingo, featured in the list among several other notable Indians.
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- South Asia
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- e-commerce, startups
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UN report highlights Afghanistan’s mobile money stumbling blocks
In the report, UNCTAD found: “The main drivers for mobile money are the ease and security of non-cash payments and the positive reputations of the telecommunication firms in the country. Having said this, the mobile money penetration in Afghanistan is relatively low.”
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- Finance, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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PayPal Makes Its First-Ever Investment in a Blockchain Startup
Neither PayPal nor Cambridge Blockchain disclosed the investment amount, but recent filings with the SEC indicate that Cambridge Blockchain has raised a total of $3.5 million in new equity from several investors over the past nine months.
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- Technology
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Why Fintech Startups Are Rapidly Becoming Unicorns in Latin America
In the past few years, over 300 fintech startups have been born in Mexico alone, coming in just second to Brazil, which boasts nearly 400 startups in its own fintech sector.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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