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The World Bank Gets An Overhaul — And Not Everyone’s Happy
The World Bank, the largest international development institution, is undergoing a sweeping reorganization, the first of its kind for the bank in nearly a generation. The bank, based in Washington, has laid out a new set of goals, but they're accompanied by deep budget cuts and the elimination of a whole layer of senior management jobs.
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Boosting Financial Inclusion in Nigeria with Mobile Money, Electronic Cards
Nigeria is bent on achieving financial inclusion through the ongoing cashless initiative, but the exercise is rather too slow, hence the need to increase awareness campaign on the use of mobile money and electronic cards as alternative channels, writes Emma Okonji.
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In-store mobile transactions boom for South Africa
South African consumers are driving a mobile transacting revolution enabled by a slew of innovative home-grown technology companies. So says Bevan Ducasse, CEO of wiGroup, following the release of the company's white paper on in-store mobile transacting.
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China’s central bank halts Tencent, Alibaba mobile payment process
China's central bank demanded on Friday that payments made by scanning a bar code with mobile devices be halted, hitting the payment arms of Internet companies Tencent Holdings Ltd and Alibaba Group Holding.
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Women entrepreneurs struggle for funding in India
A majority of women entrepreneurs in India cannot access institutional finance for many reasons, including the fact that fewer of them have title rights on property that can be used as collateral.
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American Express Spotlights the Issue of Financial Exclusion in Davis Guggenheim Doc “Spent”
Part of a larger Amex initiative to address financial inclusion, Spent: Looking for Change reveals the dismal state of basic banking service access for many Americans.
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Reserve Bank of India to issue much-awaited banking licenses to reshape banking sector
The next generation of banking structure will be the first step to a thousand mile journey to make India the third largest banking economy in the world. The issue of "on-tap" new banking licenses will prove to be a game changer for the Indian banking industry.
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NGOs Launch New Tool to Map Water and Sanitation in Kenya’s Largest Slum
With an estimated 1.2-million residents, Kibera is Africa’s second largest and one of the biggest slums in the world with some of the poorest living conditions
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- Sub-Saharan Africa