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In-store mobile transactions boom for South Africa
South African consumers are driving a mobile transacting revolution enabled by a slew of innovative home-grown technology companies. So says Bevan Ducasse, CEO of wiGroup, following the release of the company's white paper on in-store mobile transacting.
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China’s central bank halts Tencent, Alibaba mobile payment process
China's central bank demanded on Friday that payments made by scanning a bar code with mobile devices be halted, hitting the payment arms of Internet companies Tencent Holdings Ltd and Alibaba Group Holding.
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Women entrepreneurs struggle for funding in India
A majority of women entrepreneurs in India cannot access institutional finance for many reasons, including the fact that fewer of them have title rights on property that can be used as collateral.
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American Express Spotlights the Issue of Financial Exclusion in Davis Guggenheim Doc “Spent”
Part of a larger Amex initiative to address financial inclusion, Spent: Looking for Change reveals the dismal state of basic banking service access for many Americans.
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Reserve Bank of India to issue much-awaited banking licenses to reshape banking sector
The next generation of banking structure will be the first step to a thousand mile journey to make India the third largest banking economy in the world. The issue of "on-tap" new banking licenses will prove to be a game changer for the Indian banking industry.
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PRESS RELEASE: First Access and Vodacom Tanzania Ink Financial Inclusion Deal
Partnership offers financial institutions the ability to purchase instant risk scores from First Access based on prepaid mobile phone records.
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Kopo Kopo Goes International, Ready to Integrate Mobile Money Payments from Merchants Around the World
In an exclusive interview with TechMoran, Ben Lyon of Kopo Kopo said that 2014 is the year of partnering with payment providers to build and manage merchant networks.
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India Has Millions of Female Entrepreneurs and They Need Easier Access to Money
While there may not be many women occupying the executive offices of India, the country is home to literally millions of female entrepreneurs, in charge of their own tiny businesses, according to estimates by the International Finance Corp.
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