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ADB Approves $30 Million Loan for GCash’s Fuse Financing to Boost MSME Lending
According to the ADB, Fuse’s new project aims to reduce poverty and promote social inclusion by expanding MSMEs’ access to financing, particularly in underserved and marginalized areas.
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Partnership Aims to Advance Clean Energy Innovation in Asia Pacific
Through this initiative, the University of Michigan and WDI will work collaboratively with ADB on a wide range of projects across the Asian region, including in clean energy and e-mobility, climate and health, water, food security, and biodiversity.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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With Asia and the Pacific on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis, WHO Unveils an Ambitious Blueprint for Action on Climate and Health
With one third of humanity in the world’s most climate-sensitive region, WHO calls for urgent cooperation to protect lives and drive global progress.
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- Environment, Health Care, WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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ADB, World Bank Sign $3 Billion Agreement to Boost Lending Capacity in Asia and the Pacific
The agreement is ADB’s first EEA with the World Bank and its sixth EEA with other multilateral development banks (MDBs) since 2020, bringing the cumulative exchanged amount to $9 billion.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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CBC Group Raises $500 Million for Record-Breaking Healthcare Fund
Healthcare plays a pivotal role in this growth, contributing to 20% of direct lending deals in 2024 as per Prospect Capital's analysis of PitchBook data.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Global AgXelerate Launched to Link Indian Agri-Innovators With International Markets
The platform by AgVaya and BioSTL, supported by ICRIER and FSII, links global startups, investors, and incubators to advance regenerative agriculture solutions.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Razorpay, NPCI, and OpenAI Join Forces to Enable ChatGPT UPI Payments in India
Razorpay partners with OpenAI and NPCI to test ChatGPT-based agentic UPI payments for seamless shopping.
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- Asia Pacific
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Moneyboxx Finance Signs MoU with Water.org to Strengthen WASH Financing for Underserved Communities
The partnership aims to design and scale affordable financing solutions for micro and small enterprises engaged in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector, enabling improved access to clean water and sanitation for low-income communities across India.
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- WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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- MSMEs, nonprofits, partnerships, sanitation, scale, water
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