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Branchless banking introduced for poor households in Indonesia
Bank Indonesia (BI) officially launched on Wednesday an electronic payment system to support the transfer of government direct cash assistance to poor families in several provinces in the country.
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OPINION: Products meant for the affluent, urban market will not work for the financially excluded in India
Stripped-down versions of products meant for the affluent, urban Indian will not work for the financially excluded
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IMJ Investment Partners’ Koichi Saito: Bopping to the BoP startup
Koichi Saito, Director, IMJ Investment Partners doesn’t think Manila needs Google Glass
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Why India’s sanitation crisis needs more than toilets
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, vowed to eliminate open defecation, India took notice.
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Delving deep into India’s fast-growing healthcare industry
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the framework of a health care system in terms of its basic building blocks.
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The Dangers of the Indian Government’s Flirtation with U.S. Pharma and Risks for India’s Coherent, Pro-Public Health IP Policy
India’s new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and his delegation, who have been visiting the U.S. for the first time, have spent considerable time and energy in courting U.S. business interests.
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Operational difficulties complicate India’s ambitious financial inclusion scheme
Banks in a tizzy over shortage of cards, duplication of accounts
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CMD of Bandhan shares details about the new bank’s network, people and likely structure
Kolkata-based Bandhan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd is one of two companies (IDFC Ltd is the other) preparing to convert themselves into banks, having received an ‘in-principle’ approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) six months back.
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