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It Pays to Use Prepaid Cards to Deliver Services to MFI Clients: Study
There is good scope for the use of prepaid cards for delivery of value-added financial services to the clients of micro-finance institutions (MFIs), says a new study.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Banks vs e-Wallets: Who Is Winning in Cashless India?
When two of the biggest banks in the country resist wallets from fintech start-ups, you know a few things are simmering. First, SBI disallowed its net banking users to top up third party wallets and next, ICICI blocked transactions on PhonePe, a Flipkart managed wallet that was launched in partnership with YES Bank - PhonePe allows users to link bank accounts to the smartphone through the National Payments Corporation of India's encrypted software.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Iron Supplement Bars Reduced Anemia in Women in India
An iron supplement bar given to anemic women in and around Mumbai, India, led to increased hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, reducing anemia with no reported side effects, according to a study by Duke University researchers and collaborators in India.
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- South Asia
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MasterCard Thinks Small With Microcommerce Platform in Africa
For some financial-services giants, the next big thing is micro, and unbanked customers are the entry point. The latest example is MasterCard, which is getting into microcommerce in Kenya with the launch of a new mobile platform that lets consumers buy goods with cash, mobile money, or bank transfer using their phones. The service, called 2Kuze, is aimed at Kenyan farmers and their customers and may mark the beginning of a deeper journey into mobile money products.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Billionaire Backing a Tech Solution to Water Access
Ajay Piramal is leveraging technology to transform life for India’s poorest, by bringing clean water through ATM-style dispensers in remote villages.
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Drugmakers in Davos Shift Focus to Chronic Diseases of Poor
Two decades after they were spurred into action to tackle AIDS in Africa, global drugmakers said on Wednesday they would invest an initial $50 million over three years to fight cancer and other non-communicable diseases in poor countries.
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Climate Ventures 2.0 Launches With $250K Available for Ag and Water System Resilience
GoodCompany Ventures is pleased to announce the public launch of Climate Ventures 2.0, a global accelerator focused on Agriculture and Water Systems Resilience, and its call for applications for $250,000 of GCV Impact Grants.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Donors and Drug Makers Offer $500 Million to Control Global Epidemics
Stung by the lack of vaccines to fight the West African Ebola epidemic, a group of prominent donors announced Wednesday that they had raised almost $500 million for a new partnership to stop epidemics before they spiral out of control.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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