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Accenture, Mastercard and Amazon Web Services create blockchain powered circular supply chain
Accenture has partnered with Mastercard, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Everledger, and Mercy Corps to explore solutions that will “empower consumers, enable transparency and promote financial inclusion for small-scale producers” through a circular supply chain.
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- Finance, Technology
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Survey: Kenya ranks highly in bridging mobile ownership gap
Overally, GSMA 2019 mobile gender gap report indicates that 80 per cent of women in low and middle-income countries are now mobile owners.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Viewpoint: Here is Why Fintech Startups Should Invest in Cyber Insurance
Given the quality and quantity of data fintech startups deal with, they are more prone to a cyber-attack than any other industry.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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Mexico pushes mobile payments to help unbanked consumers ditch cash
It is planning a digital payments system run and built by the central bank that will allow Mexicans to make and receive payments through their smartphones free of charge. A pilot roll-out for the platform, known as CoDi, is expected by March.
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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Telecom companies in Uganda face legal battle on unclaimed Mobile Money balances
Gideon Tugume, the Executive Director of Human Rights Defenders – Uganda dragged the telecoms to court demanding that they submit all unclaimed Mobile Money and Airtime balances to the state. He says the money should be sent to the consolidated fund instead of reverting to the service provider.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: Financial Venture Studio Seeks Next Class of Seed-Stage FinTech Startups
Collectively, FVS partners have invested in and advised many of the fastest-growing and most successful fintech startups of the last decade. The Financial Venture Studio is designed to solve for fintech-specific issues the team has seen over the last several years.
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- Finance
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- digital finance, fintech, startups
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Amazon, Western Union debut PayCode to sell goods in emerging markets and let shoppers pay in cash
Amazon has partnered with Western Union to set up a service called PayCode, which lets people shop and pay for Amazon items using local currencies that would not have been accepted on the site before, starting with services in 10 countries.
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- Finance
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Press release: CFSI & AARP Foundation Survey: Today’s Low- to Moderate-Income Adults Over 50 Face Difficult Financial Challenges
“For too many low-income older adults, the later years are a source of stress instead of something to look forward to,” said Lisa Marsh Ryerson, president of AARP Foundation. “AARP Foundation works across sectors to develop new, sustainable solutions so vulnerable older adults can achieve a more financially stable future.”
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- Finance
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- North America