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Report: Fintech Investments in Asia Pacific Reached US $4.3 Billion in 2015
The fintech sector in Asia Pacific is booming, according to Accenture's 'Fintech and the evolving landscape' report.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Kenya: Banks’ Mobile Cash Plan Fails to Take Off Yet Again
Two missed deadlines and uncertainty on when local banks will roll out their interbank switch allowing direct money transfer through mobile phones across the industry now dampen the prospects of the entire plan.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India Emerging as Fastest-Growing Market for Fintech Software Products
Powered by innovation in payment processing, the fintech software products segment is expanding at a rapid pace in India, according to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), which represents country's IT industry.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- fintech, remittances
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India’s MobiKwik Raises $50M for Its Mobile Wallet Service
The increase of smartphone ownership in India is fueling the rise of mobile wallets in the country. One company leading the charge, MobiKwik, has topped up its own funds with a $50 million Series C round announced today.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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How Drones Could Deliver Better Health
Drones are the sexy, mysterious tech craze that are often a butt of a joke, a vague solution or an ominous threat. But no matter how flashy, good technology should still solve concrete problems. Amid the hype of getting packages and pizzas delivered in half the time, what if drones could revolutionize transportation networks, connecting people to what they actually need the most?
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Single Call Could Reveal Health of Your Lungs
Indian-origin researchers have developed a new health sensing tool that can accurately measure lung function over a simple phone call made with any phone -- not just smartphone -- from anywhere in the world.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Mobile Wallets in India to Start Offering Small Amounts on Short-Term Credit
Your mobile wallet, which has been serving your need for instant cash in an electronic form for sundry transactions, will also empower you further with companies in the business planning to add an instant loan facility to their offerings.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Cuba to Cooperate with China on Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals
Cuba is set to enhance strategic cooperation with China in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Latin America
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