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Mobile Transactions Market to Exceed $500 Billion By 2018
The value of domestic money transfers, including operator money and social media money services, will reach $520 billion in global mobile transactions by 2018, up nearly 200% from an estimated $178 billion last year.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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One of India’s Leading Handset Makers Enters Mobile Wallet Business
Intex Technologies, one of the leading Indian handset player said it has partnered with Tata Teleservices subsidiary mRUPEE to launch their first ever mobile wallet.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Technology Proves Game Changer in Social Innovation
Technology is a great disruptor. It has had an impact on everything—from communication, government services delivery and media to the reach and impact of social development organizations—be they for profit or not-for-profit.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Singapore Healthcare Company Seeks Partners in India
A Singapore-based healthcare IT services provider is planning to reach out to hospitals in India to help them modernise and electronically manage patients' health records, a senior official said.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Operators Want Telco-Led Mobile Money Initiative in Nigeria
Telecommunications service providers have renewed clamour to lead mobile money initiative in Nigeria on the basis that the current model has not been impactful on the economy.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rural Indian Villages Are About to Get Lifesaving Treatment Through an App
Lifesaving care for people in rural India will soon come through an app.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Commercial Bank of Africa Targeting Rwanda’s Mobile Money Market
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) is targeting to enter the Rwandan market as it seeks to grow its foothold in the region.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MobiKwik to become first mobile wallet in India to offer personal loans
MobiKwik, one of the leading mobile wallet companies in India, will enter the lending space this month, becoming the first among the top wallet companies to facilitate personal loans.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- lending, mobile finance
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