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Ghana microfinance companies back licence-freeze
The Ghana Association of Microfinance Companies (GAMC) has backed moves by the central bank to put a limit on the number of operating permits that can be issued to microfinance companies.
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Boom time for e-commerce in India; but customers face heightened risk of fraud
As more Indians step up to make online payments, there is a proliferation of payment gateways and mobile wallets, many of which are facing the risk of being misused by unscrupulous merchants.
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Mobile Technology Overcomes Barriers to Financial Inclusion for Women
This week more than 1,000 leaders across industry, government and academia have come together at Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to discuss new approaches to address complex global challenges.
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Walmart Now Offering Low-Cost Mobile Checking Accounts
Apple Pay what again? Walmart is getting into the mobile banking space, the companyannounced this morning, through a partnership with financial services provider Green Dot Corporation.
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Vodacom “cautiously optimistic” that M-Pesa is better positioned to take off in South Africa
Mobile operator Vodacom is cautiously optimistic that itsMobile money offering, M-Pesa, is now better positioned to take off locally, after it failed to make much of an impression on the local market the first time around.
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Janalakshmi to lead investor rush into India’s microfinance sector
After Janalakshmi's record-breaking deal, Indian MFI sector likely to raise Rs 2,000 crore in FY15
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Bill Clinton Rewards a Social Startup and Resolves a Minor Health Crisis in the Same Night
A team of students from the Indian School of Business left a Times Square Sheraton Tuesday night with $1 million to help them improve access to health care in low-income neighborhoods and with this year’s Hult Prize, which former U.S. President Bill Clinton awards annually to a team of student social entrepreneurs.
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What Needs To Happen For Impact Investing To Be The World-Changing Force It Could Be
The idea of investing both for profit and social good has come a long way in the last few years, but the sector still has enormous potential to grow.
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