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Retail giant launches mobile money in South Africa
Shoprite is one of the largest retail chains in South Africa and on the African continent.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IMF to add Islamic finance to market surveillance in 2019
The IMF has traditionally focused on conventional banking, but it has been increasingly engaging with regulators in countries where Islamic finance is now deemed to be systemically important.
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- Islamic finance
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Viewpoint: For the Perfect Social-Impact Investment, Look No Further Than Cannabis
Perhaps the final unhappy irony of cannabis prohibition is that the plant is a benign substitute for many problematic products and raw materials.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Why China’s Payment Apps Give U.S. Bankers Nightmares
The future of consumer payments may not be designed in New York or London but in China. There, money flows mainly through a pair of digital ecosystems that blend social media, commerce and banking—all run by two of the world’s most valuable companies.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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Could this “UBI for social enterprise” help fund business for good?
It may be a stretch to call it a universal basic income, but the Boulder-based social enterprise accelerator COMMON wants to give all its member companies a flat monthly stipend from a crowdsourced fund.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- North America
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- accelerators, startups
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Press release: Global Digital Health Index launches alongside World Health Assembly
Technologies such as mobile phones, tablets, remote patient monitoring devices, and sensors have the potential to save lives, extend the reach of healthcare services, and reduce healthcare costs – yet many countries face persistent challenges in integrating these technologies into their health systems at scale.
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- Health Care, Technology
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The 2 biggest things Silicon Valley misunderstands about China, according to a top Alibaba exec
"It is very clear now that true innovation is emerging from these markets," said Wong, who grew up in Palo Alto, California, and has worked at Alibaba for more than a decade.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Press release: New report from Toniic provides evidence that investors are going farther, faster and deeper into impact, while meeting their targeted financial and impact returns
Toniic, the global action community for impact investors, is running a longitudinal study of portfolios in its 100% Impact Network. T100: Powered Ascent, the second report tracking these portfolios, compiles data from 76 private portfolios totaling $2.8 billion in committed capital.
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- Press release
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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