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FINCA Mexico Awarded Smart Certification for Keeping Clients First
Today, Financiera FINCA, S.A. de C.V. SOFOM E.N. R (FINCA Mexico), a leading microfinance organization, announced it received Client Protection Certification by the Smart Campaign recognizing its strong ethical standards on client care and protection.
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Mexico to Accelerate Path to Financial Inclusion
Earlier this week, Mexico launched its National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS), which will accelerate access to financial services for the more than half of the population currently left out of the formal and regulated financial system. 44% of adults in Mexico own a bank account.
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Uncommon Cacao Raises Impact Investment Capital From Acumen, PI Investments
Uncommon Cacao, an industry-leading premium cacao supply chain operation, announced the closing of its Series A impact investment capital raise led by Pi Investments as lead investor and Acumen as the largest investor in the round.
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ImpactAssets Impact Investment Notes Deploys $8.3MM In Capital to Latin America and Asia
ImpactAssets announced today that it has deployed more than $8.3MM to financial institutions and agricultural organizations in Latin America and Asia for small business expansion, socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability through its recently launched Impact Investment Notes.
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Report: Red Cross Spent 25 Percent Of Haiti Donations On Internal Expenses
The report also says the charity's top officials stonewalled congressional investigators and released incomplete information about its Haiti program to the public. It concludes "there are substantial and fundamental concerns about [the Red Cross] as an organization."The report also says the charity's top officials stonewalled congressional investigators and released incomplete information about its Haiti program to the public.
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Caricoin launches bitcoin mobile wallet for Caribbean users
Talking about the new launch of first of its kind app in the Caribbean, Karsten Becker, CEO, Caricoin told in the press release that, “Much in the way email changed the world by making communication fast and cheap, bitcoin is changing the world of digital finance and reshaping how we perceive, manage and store our money.”
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Western Union introduces US-Cuba money transfers
The Western Union Company pioneered mobile and online money transfers to Cuba via the Western Union app and wu.com in the U.S., paving the way for a new generation of tech-savvy customers to move money into Cuba in minutes.
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If you want to make money in Cuba, join a band
“In Cuba, we have an inverted socioeconomic pyramid,” says Guevara. Waiters make more than software engineers, a hotel bartender is more likely to go on a holiday abroad than a bank manager, and having a university degree typically doesn’t mean higher pay.
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