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China’s mobile payment war escalates
In the war between Tencent and Alibaba for China's emerging mobile payment market, cab-calling services have become the slightly unexpected battlefield.
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Tanzania: Mobile Money Tranfers Gaining Popularity
Financial transactions have always been a challenge for rural, poor people in Tanzania. M-Pesa, an immensely popular system of money transfer via mobile phone, has made life much easier.
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Weekly Roundup – 2/22/14: At FLII building a collaborative flock to complex solve problems
Ramon Marmolejos ended an uplifting presentation on Day One of the Latin American Impact Investment Conference (which goes by the Spanish acronym FLII) with a big picture of what looked like a million starlings.
“There is not one bird leading the flock,” said Marmolejos, executive director of Emzingo Group, which provides a leadership training program combined with social impact consultancy projects in emerging markets. “How do we create those (economic) systems to have these sorts of flocks?”- Categories
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The Eyes Have It: January’s Most Viewed Posts on NB
We’re happy to renew our NextBillion awards for the most popular and most shared posts of the month - and January’s top three brought a heady brew of sharp criticism, deep analysis on design and health care models worth a second look.
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New Grant to Aid Businesses Creating Jobs, Services for Poor
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and development partners will use a new $3.6 million grant to support around 20 private sector businesses in Asia targeting poor and low-income communities.
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Indian bank launches “Branch on Wheels”
The 'Branch on Wheels' is a first of its kind initiative by any private sector bank in India.
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Mastercard Exec Discusses Business Opportunities and Challenges in India
India has some challenges because it is such a huge country. The population is divided into different strata of people whom you are trying to reach out to.
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Visa Partners with Airtel in Kenya to Launch Global Mobile Money Visa Card
According to Visa’s Head of Emerging Products & Innovation for Africa, Dougie Henderson said: “This strategic partnership with Airtel and Chase Bank brings the benefits of electronic payments to the under banked in Kenya by being innovative in mobile money services.
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