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Mobile payments app Paytm to allow Indian consumers to bargain with merchants
Mobile payments and e-commerce application Paytm is launching a messenger function directly connecting buyers and sellers.
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- South Asia
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- digital payments
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6 Questions To Ask Before You Invest In A Social Enterprise
If you’re thinking about joining this growing movement, here's what you need to consider before you get started.
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- Impact Assessment
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Indian mobile operators feature strongly among ‘payments bank’ license winners
Bidders linked to the country’s top three mobile operators – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular – as well as newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm and Telenor were among eleven winners of payments bank licenses in India.
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A Hundred Apps Bloom in China as Millions Bank on Their Phones
Consumers are skipping straight from cash to mobile finance.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Walgreens, Unilever campaign aims to bring clean water to Kenya
Washing your hair in Chicago could help bring clean water to rural Kenya. That's the premise behind a new charitable campaign launched by Walgreens and Unilever that is enlisting customers to buy into the cause with shampoo, deodorant and body wash.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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Death rate goes up with distance from district hospital
Better access to district hospitals may have prevented close to 50,000 of the estimated 72,000 deaths in India due to acute or sudden abdominal conditions in 2010, according to a study published in Lancet Global Health journal.
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- Education, Health Care
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Scientists say e-cigarettes could have health impacts in developing world
Two researchers are urging greater regulatory oversight of e-cigarettes in poorer countries, where sales of the devices are growing.
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3 companies turning modern luxuries into clean water initiatives
For many of us, the little comforts of everyday life include a piping-hot cup of coffee to kickstart the morning, or a glass of Merlot at the end of a tough day in the office. But there are countless places around the world where a simple glass of clean, drinkable water is considered a luxury.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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