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Nigeria’s Microfinance Banks Ready To Go Cashless
Abuja - The National Association of Micro Finance Banks (NAMFB), has expressed readiness of its members to key into Federal Government’s cashless policy.
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Int’l Telecoms, Gates Foundation To Connect 2.5bn Adults To Mobile Money
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has joined hands with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to connect over 2.5 billion adults who do not have access to a formal bank account, most of them in developing economies, by delivering digital financial services capable of improving the delivery of basic financial services.
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Two Financial Titans Open Their Vaults to Impact Investing
Started a few years ago by a small band of pioneers, impact investing has gained traction and is now drawing the attention of large international banks. Large financial institutions such as BNP Paribas and Citigroup, based in Europe and the United States, respectively, are developing various projects in the field of social and sustainable finance.
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Impact investing on the cusp of mainstream wealth management
The news releases arrived in noteworthy succession throughout 2013. Morgan Stanley,UBS AG, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co. — some of the biggest names in the financial services industry — announced plans to establish or augment their activities around impact investing.
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World Cup Soccer & Social Enterprise: A Hybrid Financing Model
The potential of hybrid financing strategies to accelerate the growth of the social business sector was one of the topics at the fourth edition of the Impact Economy Symposium & Retreat in Switzerland on June 13-15, 2014.
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A New Pursuit For Social Entrepreneurship: Profits
John Schoch, CEO of Profile Products — a $70 million company that manufactures and distributes products for soil and water management in 90 countries — decided four years ago to direct his company’s expertise to a global crisis: clean water.
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A New Pursuit For Social Entrepreneurship: Profits
John Schoch, CEO of Profile Products — a $70 million company that manufactures and distributes products for soil and water management in 90 countries — decided four years ago to direct his company’s expertise to a global crisis: clean water.
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Echoing Green Announces The Next Generation Of Social Entrepreneurs
Today Echoing Green announced its 2014 class of Fellows including Global, Black Male Achievement and Climate Fellows.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Base of the Pyramid, solar
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