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Philippines’ Quezon City and USAID Launch Mobile Money System
The Local Government of Quezon City, in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched an innovative mobile money system.
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China cracks down on bitcoin
Regulators have barred the country's banks from trading bitcoin, while denying the pseudo-money legal status and cracking down on anonymous users.
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Post-typhoon expansion of micro-insurance coverage for the poor sought in the Phillipines
The recent devastation caused by supertyphoon Yolanda in the Visayas underscored the importance of expanding coverage of micro-insurance to the marginalized communities in the country.
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GAVI Alliance board to consider new vaccine support
GAVI Alliance partners gathered in Cambodia this week for a meeting to determine which new vaccines will be added to its portfolio of support, the organization said on Tuesday.
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Crowdfunding in China could be $50 billion business by 2025
By 2025, crowdfunding in China could explode to $46 -$50 billion—about half the amount expected to be channeled to startups and businesses throughout the world, according to a new World Bank report
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China’s Alipay mobile wallet app users have almost reached 100 million
China's largest e-payment company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Alipay Wednesday said that users of its "mobile wallet" app have reached nearly 100 million across the nation so far.
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AIDS mobile app to be launched
The Indonesia AIDS Coalition (IAC), an NGO with members from AIDS-affected communities, will launch a mobile application on HIV/AIDS information and services.
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Why the banker who helped millions of Bangladeshis out of poverty became his country’s enemy number one
Muhammad Yunus is fêted by world leaders, renowned internationally and a national hero at home. All of which makes it harder to explain why the government in his native Bangladesh is trying to destroy him.
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