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Prepaid Debit Cards Users in U.S. Will Get New Federal Protections
Prepaid debit cards are a financial lifeline for many people, but a risky one. They lack many of the basic consumer protections that credit cards and bank debit cards are required to offer. That will change next year, with a raft of new federal rules intended to clamp down on a product that has been growing rapidly despite concerns about high fees, poor disclosures and weak protections for customers when something goes wrong.
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Rural Indian Villages Are About to Get Lifesaving Treatment Through an App
Lifesaving care for people in rural India will soon come through an app.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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ImpactSpace and CSRHub Bring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Ratings to Impact Investments
ImpactSpace, the open database for the impact investing marketplace, is bringing CSRHub’s environmental, social and governance ratings into the world of impact investing.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Acclaimed Health Program Fails to Help Children in India
A widely hailed initiative that combines franchising business models and telemedicine to deliver better quality health care in rural India has failed to improve care for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia, finds a large-scale study by researchers at Duke, Stanford and University College London.
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Commercial Bank of Africa Targeting Rwanda’s Mobile Money Market
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) is targeting to enter the Rwandan market as it seeks to grow its foothold in the region.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zika Vaccine Race Spurred By Crisis and Profit Potential
The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research: the potential for big profit.
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- Latin America
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India Post Payments Bank Begins Recruitment for CEO, Key Posts
India Post Payments Bank, which plans to commence operations next year, has started the process of recruitment for key positions such as Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer.
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World’s First Dengue Vaccine Approved in Over 10 Countries
Sanofi-Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi, announced today that thedengue vaccines have received approval in 14 countries.
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