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Viewpoint: How Blockchain-Powered Fintech Services Can Improve Financial Inclusion
Until now not many new financial services make it genuinely easy for new users to use fintech products, especially those that involve blockchain or cryptocurrency.
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[Updated] Erudifi Raises US $5 Million Series A to Grow Its ‘Study Now, Pay Later’ Model in Indonesia, Philippines
[Updated] Erudifi Raises Us$5m Series a to Grow Its 'Study Now, Pay Later' Model in Indonesia, Philippines
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- Education, Technology
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Vedantu Acquires Instasolv, a Doubt-Solving App – the Latest in Buzzing EdTech Acquisitions in India
Indian online tutoring startup Vedantu has acquired Instasolv, a doubt-solving app – marking its first acquisition in the buzzing educational technology space. While the details of the deal remain undisclosed, Vedantu had also invested $2 million in Instasolv in July 2020.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Volta Energy Technologies Raises Over $90 Million of a Targeted $150 Million Fund to Back Energy Storage Startups
As the transition away from internal combustion engines and hydrocarbon fuels begins in earnest, companies are scrambling to drive down costs and improve performance of battery technologies that will be necessary to power millions of electric cars and store massive amounts of renewable energy that still needs to be developed.
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With Over 1.3 Million Users, Nigerian-Based Fintech FairMoney Wants to Replicate Growth in India
There are more than 1.7 billion underbanked people globally, the majority of which are from emerging markets. For them, accessing loans can be difficult, which is a problem fintechs try to solve. One way they do this is by promoting financial inclusion by underwriting credit via a proprietary algorithm.
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Analysis: Could AI Ease Food Security Fears?
Dr Liangxiu Han discusses how we might harness big data and machine learning/AI to boost global food security in these uncertain times of climate change.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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MTN Teams up With Mastercard on Mobile Wallets in Africa
Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN has partnered with payment platform Mastercard to add online payment functions to its mobile wallet for user across its fintech footprint.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank Calls for Unbiased Infrastructure Policy in Ethiopia
“To benefit fully from competition does not mean offering preferential treatment to Ethio Telecom but rather creating a level playing field on which it can compete fairly with its new rivals,” argued Dione.
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