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In Fintech Race, Go-Jek App Extends Consumer Credit to Offline Stores
PayLater marks 'beginning' of more financial services for Indonesia's unbanked.
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Press Release: Ten Filipino Social Enterprises Pitch to Investors at the ISIP Social Enterprise Showcase
“The Australian Government is pleased to support Filipino social enterprises through this project. Supporting small and medium enterprise is catalytic to the Philippines achieving sustainable and inclusive economic growth. This is part of Australia’s larger investment to support the Philippine Government’s inclusive development agenda,” said Steven J Robinson AO, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines.
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Indonesian Sustainable Village Project Wins Grand Prize at Social Enterprise Forum in Taiwan
The unique approach of addressing civil society issues with design ingenuity won an Indonesian social enterprise organization the Grand Jury prize at this year’s Asia Pacific Social Enterprise Summit (APSES) in Kaohsiung.
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China’s Sinking Online Lenders Seek Lifeline From Big Investors
Industry insiders are betting that a handful of closely regulated players will emerge from the cull. They envision a revamped model -- similar to the one adopted in America -- in which P2P platforms match small borrowers with institutional money managers and banks, instead of individual savers.
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This Is How Indonesia’s First Sharia-Fintech Company Closed Its Pre-Seed Funding
While announcing the fund raise, Dima Djani, founder and CEO of ALAMI, said, “Tryb’s Southeast Asian fintech expertise provides strong validation of our business model and key support for our growth plans.”
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Viewpoint: We’re All Actors in the New Silk Road Play
It’s easy to forget that the Belt and Road Initiative – a massive connectivity project, both geo-strategic and geo-economic, now in effect all across the Eurasian landmass, as well as straddling the South China Sea, plus the Indian Ocean all the way to East Africa – is less than six years old, and projected to last until 2049.
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How China Is Looking Beyond Borders
The “Belt and Road Initiative” was announced by the Chinese government in 2013 as a global trade strategy based on the ancient Silk Road trading route.
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High Hopes: Will ‘Cannabusiness’ Turn Around Deprived Communities?
A crop of social entrepreneurs also believe there is room for businesses to do good, as well as profit, from the plant.
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