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Swiss insurer invests $1B to fight global warming
Zurich Insurance is investing $1 billion to fight climate change in a sign of growing demand for socially conscious investing.
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Five Reasons Washington Should Leave Bitcoin Alone
This afternoon the Senate Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on virtual currencies, followed by a Banking Committee hearing Nov. 19. Judging from the witness lists, lawmakers will hear the usual warnings about how Bitcoin and other digital monies facilitate money laundering, online underground drug bazaars, Internet gambling and worse.
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Impact investors now tap urban poor market
Impact investment funds and social entrepreneurs are now targeting social ventures that cater to the urban poor segment. There is a visible departure from earlier practice where the focus of most impact funds was on funding micro finance institutions, catering largely to the rural poor, and similar base-of-pyramid ventures in a rural set up.
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India launches first bank exclusively for women
India launched its first public sector bank catering for women on Tuesday, an initiative aimed at economically empowering millions of women across the country who do not have access to basic financial services such as bank accounts or loans.
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Microcredit has been a disaster for the poorest in South Africa
The finance model was supposed to help the country's disenfranchised, but has just pushed them further into debt
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PHOTOS: What If The Poor Weren’t Marginalized?
The idea of "financial inclusion" can seem abstract or difficult to comprehend until you put a human face on it.
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Crowdfunding in China could be $50 billion business by 2025
By 2025, crowdfunding in China could explode to $46 -$50 billion—about half the amount expected to be channeled to startups and businesses throughout the world, according to a new World Bank report
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Changing trends: Technological developments in Pakistan’s banking sector
Technological advances are quickly changing the face of the Pakistani banking industry. Alternative channels are growing quickly and represent a sizable portion of banks’ revenue streams as all banks as well as mobile network operators are jumping on the ‘branchless banking’ bandwagon.
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