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The Business Case for BoP Strategies: In part two of this series, how Brazil’s Tenda Atacado bagged scale
Tenda Atacado, a supermarket chain and wholesale distributor, noted a demand within the local BoP community and it’s growth has surged ever since. Part two of a series exploring the base of the pyramid practices, from the Erb Institute and Manaus Consulting, looks at Tenda’s strategy.
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U.S. States Ease Interest Rate Laws That Protected Poor Borrowers
Lenders have come under fire in Washington in recent years. Yet one corner of the financial industry — lending to people with poor credit scores — has found sympathetic audiences in many state capitals.
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Improving Financial Services for Indonesia’s Underserved
Financial inclusion is about reaching out to the poor and vulnerable in ways that allow them to take part in the world of financial services either for saving or getting credit. There are at least three ways to do this.
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PRESS RELEASE: Innovative Collaboration Aims to Bring Greater Transparency to Sub-Saharan Microfinance
Aiming to bring greater transparency to microfinance across Sub-Saharan Africa, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), The MasterCard Foundation and Moody’s Analytics have launched an innovative collaboration to use Moody’s Analytics’ social performance assessments (SPA) to help microfinance institutions better measure and manage their long-term social impact.
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OPINION: Cash still king in Africa, despite mobile money rise
Over 25 million Kenyans use mobile money services but one expert says “cash is still king” in most of the continent.
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Ecuador backs national mobile wallet
In an unusual move, Ecuador is reportedly building its own mobile wallet to boost financial inclusion, without the involvement of the country’s operators or banks.
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Crowdfunding for Development: Recommendations vs. reality
Last year, infoDev released a report that explored what crowdfunding could mean for enterprises in developing countries. Now, it’s seeing the first results of its Crowdfund Investing Pilot, a project designed to mentor and train six Kenyan startups on crowdfunding campaigns. The organization reflects on some key recommendations of the report, and how they compare to the reality of working with these entrepreneurs.
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Kenyan mobile money agents apprehensive of new Equity Bank service
Mobile money agents in Kenya fear loss of business once a banking institution rolls out a cheaper cash transfer service.
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