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Don’t Call It A Robo: Motif Launches Custom Automated Impact Investing
Advisors late to the impact investing game may have missed their chance -- there’s now a digital platform for that. Silicon Valley-based Motif Investing is introducing Motif Impact, a values-oriented digital investing solution.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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UBS Raises $110 Million Fund to Invest in Woman-Led Firms
UBS Group AG’s American wealth management unit has helped raise $110 million for a U.S. venture capital fund that will invest in companies in the health, education and environmental areas that are led by or co-managed by women.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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Cheaper and easier to handle, UPI apps pose challenge to e-wallets in India
Apps using the newly launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) are threatening to dislodge the hold mobile wallets currently have on small & medium enterprises (SMEs) and retailers. Platforms like Goodbox, Shoptimize and Nowfloats, which help small ventures take their businesses online, say there's growing interest among these companies to test the UPI payment method.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- digital payments
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Africa leads in creating resilient women entrepreneurs – Mastercard Index
Following the release of the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) this week, it was revealed that 34.8 percent of businesses in Uganda are owned by women, making it one of the top performing African countries highlighted in the index.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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First FinTech Fund for Inclusion of the Underserved Raises $141 Million
The first FinTech fund created to help the underserved has closed, reaching millions in capital contributions, which will go toward people and companies who need assistance in the financial sector.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank giving $100 million to strengthen Nepal’s financial sector
The World Bank has approved a US$ 100 million credit to help Nepal accelerate its medium-term reform program for the financial sector, and to reduce the vulnerability of the banking sector and increase its transparency.
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The Final Countdown: Where are MetLife’s Financial Inclusion Grants Landing?
In 2013, the MetLife Foundation made a $200 million commitment over five years to move global financial inclusion forward. The foundation, along with its partners launched projects around the world beginning with low-income communities in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States.
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Vodafone Slams Proposed Split of Kenyan M-Pesa as`Ridiculous’
Safaricom Ltd, East Africa’s biggest mobile-phone company, would have to reconsider future investment in Kenya if proposals to break up the company are implemented, the head of mobile money at parent Vodafone Plc said.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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