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Why China’s Next Crop of ‘Techpreneurs’ Are Skipping Home and Eyeing a Fresh Gold Rush in New Markets
China’s tech entrepreneurs are finding that affordable innovation appeals in developing markets.
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- Asia Pacific
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These Agritech Startups Will Take Southeast Asia’s Emerging Market to the Next Level
Despite the minimum media attention, these startups are building innovation to help their respective countries and its agriculture sector tackle challenges and make progress.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Indonesia Has Shut Down 826 Fintech Startups This Year Alone
Indonesia, home to more than 260 million, has emerged as a prized market for fintech startups as about 90% of its population don’t carry credit cards and majority has no access to formal banking services.
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- Finance
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- fintech, regulations, startups
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Report: Cambodia’s ‘Reckless’ Microfinance Industry Puts Economy at Risk
The groups' study, "Collateral Damage," questions whether the industry's reported nonperforming loan rate of 1.8% is kept low by such "human rights abuses" while highlighting the multimillion dollar returns made by microcredit institutions and their shareholders.
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Cashless Payment Booms in China and India Spell End of the ATM
Driving the decline in brick-and-mortar financial services is the fall in cash transactions and growing use of cashless payments, including credit cards, contactless payments, cryptocurrencies and fintech-based services.
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- Finance
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- fintech
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Facebook’s Digital Money Plan Raises Stakes For China’s Cryptocurrency Ambitions
Facebook hopes to roll out Libra in the first half of 2020, presenting the most significant competition to China's cryptocurrency ambitions.
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- Finance, Technology
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Myanmar Telco Frontiir Bags $30M From UK Development Finance Group
CDC's investment will help Frontiir connect over 2 million people on the internet in Myanmar.
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Bill Gates and Former Bass Guitarist Aim to Change Health Care
The Gates Foundation makes its first equity investment in online health care with stake in Indonesia’s Halodoc.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- startups