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Red Cross experiments with a very different money remittance approach
When Red Cross workers are helping with disaster relief in the middle of war-torn areas or natural disasters, the last thing they need to deal with are money-transfer headaches to secure critical supplies and services.
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3 Startups Offer New ‘Microloan’ Options for Entrepreneurs With Big Ambitions
In the United States, a whopping 543,000 new businesses are launched each month. Sadly, half of all start-ups aren’t able to keep their doors open for more than five years. The failure of many small businesses is due, in large part, to lack of funding.
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Unitus crosses $1 bn mark in capital raised
Unitus Capital, an investment banking firm focussed on meeting the financing needs of impact entrepreneurs serving the bottom of the economic pyramid, has announced that it has crossed the $1 billion mark in raising funds.
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Social Enterprises Raise Money Through Direct Public Offerings
Looks like there’s a growing interest among social enterprises in a capital-raising method called Direct Public Offering (DPO).
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‘While the US may be late to the party, it has a lot to offer Africa’
Africa offers US multinationals a compelling trade and investment opportunity thanks to the rapid economic growth rates being experienced across the continent along with burgeoning population growth and increasing urbanisation, according to South African-based Standard Bank.
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Mobile Money Grows In Africa But Hurdles Remain
Industry players say a fragmented and tough regulatory environment is holding the mobile money industry back.
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Social Entrepreneurs Need to Think Beyond the Business
In the past few years, the social enterprise space has evolved rapidly from a concept that required explanation to a trend everyone is eager to join.
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Will Indian PM Narendra Modi’s financial inclusion plan use Aadhaar for authentication?
NEW DELHI: In less than two weeks, PM Narendra Modi is expected to announce a new Financial Inclusion drive.
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