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Two of Africa’s Largest Operators are Collaborating to Dominate Mobile Money
MTN and Orange—the largest mobile operators in Anglophone and Francophone Africa—are teaming up in an attempt to dominate the continent’s mobile money market.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fintech MyBucks Brings Banking to African Refugee Camp
At a refugee camp in Malawi in southeast Africa, a fintech and its bank subsidiary are helping to turn a seemingly hopeless situation into the beginnings of a prosperous community.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Borrowing by mobile phone gets some poor people into trouble
Mobile money, which offers the equivalent of a basic bank account to almost anyone with any sort of phone, has long been seen as a boon for financial inclusion.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Central Bank could hamstring local fintech startups with costly new regulation
In a draft policy document, CBN recognized products by fintech companies are “gaining acceptance” but argued their emergence would heighten existing risks in the financial system.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, public policy, regulations, startups
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U.S. House panel to look at finance sector’s diversity, inclusion
Promoting financial inclusion could be good news for fintech firms, credit unions and community banks by opening up avenues for smaller financial institutions into communities that may have been neglected in the past.
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- Finance
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- North America
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OPIC commits $50 million to global partnerships’ impact-first development fund
Many of the most inclusive and impactful solutions to poverty are fully sustainable, but not highly profitable. This fund will focus on delivering highly inclusive and highly impactful products and services that commercial markets fail to support.
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- Investing
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- North America
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FINCA DRC introduces tablets in the field
Loan officers consider this strategy very effective and beneficial in terms of saving time and space.
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- Press release
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IMF Head Says Central Banks Should Look At Issuing Digital Currency
According to the Financial Times, as it stands now, central banks are divided on how to respond to the increase in digital payments and digital tokens.
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- Finance
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