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Analysis: Future Returns: Why TPG’s Rise Fund Invests in Financial Inclusion
One of the key themes for private-equity firm TPG’s impact-investing vehicle, the Rise Fund, is financial inclusion—which the firm bets is best addressed through technology.
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Press Release: 2021 FinHealth Spend Report Shows Financially Coping and Vulnerable Households Spent $255 Billion for Everyday Financial Services
Struggling households shoulder greater burden of fees and interest, highlighting the need for innovative solutions that reduce economic pressures
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- Finance
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Southern Africa Taps $380 Million in World Bank Financing to Facilitate Regional Trade and Investment for More Inclusive Growth
The new Southern Africa Trade and Connectivity Project (SATCP) will benefit both countries and local communities through investments.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria-Based Lending Platform FairMoney Pursuing Emerging Markets Strategy With India Launch
Nigeria-based credit-led neobank FairMoney, which aims to give underbanked people access to digital financial services, is pursuing an emerging markets strategy and recently launched in India.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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Mobile Money Finally Comes to Ethiopia
Ethio Telecom, the – for now – monopoly telecommunications provider in Ethiopia, has announced the roll-out of a mobile money service.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pyypl and Visa Form Partnership to Boost Financial Inclusion Across Emerging Markets
Pyypl, the Middle East and Africa based payment technology company and financial services provider announces a new strategic partnership with Visa - the world leader in digital payments.
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- Finance, Technology
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Press Release: FSS and NIPL Partner to Expand UPI Global Footprint
FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a globally leading provider of integrated payment products and India’s largest payments processor, and NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL, International arm of National Payment Corporation of India), have signed a strategic partnership to expand UPI (Unified Payment Interface) rails in international markets.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: COVID-19 Shows Need to Close Financial Inclusion Gender Gap
In many parts of the world, women have had less access to financial services than men for years. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenge.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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