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Is Impact Investing the Next Big Thing for Bloomberg?
Despite his business background, Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy has been pretty traditional, albeit in an outsized way: He's made big cash grants to NGOs trying to solve major problems.
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Is Brazil the Country of the Future for Mobile Money?
Just three years ago, Latin America had the fewest number of mobile money deployments of any region in the world. Some believe that Brazil, with its extensive branchless banking infrastructure and supportive regulations, could become the first Latin American country to take a full mobile money deployment to scale. But according to Mondato, there are reasons to be skeptical.
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Impact Investing: Can We Pay Her Less?
I was in New York City meeting with an advisor who offered to help raise investor capital for our social enterprise. She was reviewing the business plan and numbers, then looked up and asked, "Can you pay the women less?"
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MobiKash launches mobile merchant payment service in Kenya
MobiKash Afrika has unveiled a merchant payment service to deliver mobile money transactions in real time, making cashless transactions at the grassroots level a reality for thousands of Kenyans.
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In India, Telcos Ride Piggy Back on Migrant Workers, Bet Big on Mobile Money
KOCHI: If the initial responses are any indication, the ubiquitous mobile phone is set to become a tool for financial inclusion in Ernakulam district.
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Weekly Roundup – 5/31/14: Gates reviews Sachs, OPIC’s impact investing tab, Nigeria’s smartphone surge
A bit of a potpourri in the roundup this week. Gates reviews Sachs, OPIC’s impact investing tab, Nigeria’s smartphone surge, Business Fights Poverty’s Design Expo and second thoughts on the recent Guardian BoP story.
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EMERGE: The Forum on Consumer Financial Services Innovation: Join CFSI June 4-6 in Los Angeles
Since 2006, the Center for Financial Services Innovation and American Banker have hosted hundreds of leading players from the financial services industry at their annual forum. This year’s conference, EMERGE: The Forum on Consumer Financial Services Innovation, will be held June 4-6 in Los Angeles. It will provide opportunities to network, generate new ideas, and advance innovations in the financially underserved market.
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investment in Peru
TriLinc Global Impact Fund approves a new $3.0 million revolving trade finance facility to a Peruvian insulated wire company, bringing total financing commitments as of May 28, 2014 to $28.7 million for business expansion and socioeconomic development in Latin America and Southeast Asia
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