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Tech’s Raid on the Banks
The implications are profound because banks are not ordinary firms. It is one thing for Blockbuster Video to be wiped out by a technological shift, but quite another if the victim is Bank of America.
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- Finance, Technology
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- fintech
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Build WeChat for the West
It will revolve around turning the social network’s messaging services into something akin to a Chinese mega-app
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- Technology
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- North America
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Press Release: The Global Digital Health Index Launches Inaugural State of Digital Health Report
The report presents data collected from the 22 countries across 6 regions that participate in the Index, analyzes regional trends, and sets benchmarks for countries to consider when charting future growth. It also contextualizes the findings in relation to digital health milestones and other global trend analyses.
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- Health Care, Technology
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How This Hyderabad Social Entrepreneur Is Using Big Data to Change Farmers’ Lives
At a time of widespread agricultural distress caused by successive droughts, unremunerative farming and debt-trapped rural economies, a young man with his mobile app is showing how change can be brought in the life of farmers at the grassroot level.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- South Asia
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First Skirmishes in Brazilian Fintech War
According to a recent report by McKinsey & Company, there are now around 400 fintechs operating in Brazil which are growing at a compound annual growth rate of 96%.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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- fintech
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Experts Tout Benefits of AI, Machine Learning in Global Health Crisis
From helping doctors make diagnostic decisions to preventing disease outbreaks, artificial intelligence (AI) brings excitement in improving global health while posing serious privacy concerns, experts have said.
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- Health Care, Technology
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TCS Signs a Deal With India Post to Transform Country’s Mail Delivery System
On the front-end, TCS has implemented its Point of Sale (PoS) solution across 24,000 post offices with over 80,000 PoS terminals, making this amongst the largest such implementations in the world. Additionally, TCS has built a web portal with consignment tracking capabilities, and set up a multi-lingual call center for customer support.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Drone Delivery Startup Zipline Launches UAV Medical Program in Ghana
Working with the Ghanaian government, Zipline will operate 30 drones out of four distribution centers to distribute vaccines, blood, and life-saving medications to 2000 health facilities across the West African nation daily.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa