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One of World’s Fastest Growing FinTech Startup Launches Its First Engineering Hub in India
Tala plans to build India as the hub for its Asian operations, and the Bangalore team will play an integral role in executing Tala’s vision for the market in the region.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
- Tags
- fintech, mobile finance
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Pew: Social media still growing in emerging markets but stalled elsewhere
In 2015-16, roughly four-in-ten adults across the emerging nations surveyed by Pew said they used social networking sites, and as of 2017, a majority (53%) use social media.
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- Technology
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Belgium’s Incofin plans $80-million India Progress Fund
“India Progress Fund will be our first country focused fund,” Incofin’s partner and co-head for Asia investments, Aditya Bhandari told ET.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Kenya telecoms operators reject money tax
The operators were reacting to Treasury secretary Henry Rotich’s announcement last Thursday that he intends to increase excise tax on mobile money transfers from 10 per cent to 12 per cent.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Breaking down France’s new $76M Africa startup fund
The $76 million (or €65 million) will divvy up into three parts, according to AFD Digital Task Team Leader Christine Ha.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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Telenor bets on Asia’s bottom-of-the-pyramid market
Norway's telecom operator expands presence in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Vikram Akula’s inside story of SKS Microfinance will remain untold
‘Micro-Meltdown’, written by SKS Microfinance founder Vikram Akula, once the poster boy of Indian microfinance, is a gripping tale of what it takes to build a world-class financial institution and how to destroy it.
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- South Asia
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How Employers in Poor Countries Are Using Nudges to Help Employees Save Money
The idea is simple: people save more in retirement accounts when they are automatically enrolled by their employer than when they have to sign up themselves.
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