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Telenor Microfinance partners with Alipay for Pakistan blockchain remittances
The service is provided by Telenor’s mobile banking service Easypaisa in Pakistan and another subsidiary Valyou in Malaysia. The aim is to make payments real-time, 24/7 and more efficient.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- South Asia
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Why fintech in India needs to start counting for the unimaginable 2020
2020 will also be the year of action for SME and MSME banking. Despite playing a pivotal role in the country’s economic growth, the SME market remains relatively underserved with banks.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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Indian government starts process for financial inclusion of sex workers
A high-level task force among other things will now study how banking facilities can reach this section of society and linkages forged to connect them to advantages of financial inclusion.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: Here’s how skilling can raise the bar of human capital
Although India’s educational attainment rate has grown, the country is way behind other leading emerging markets.
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- South Asia
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Why The Future of Fintech Looks Bright in the ASEAN Region
A recent report by global accounting firm Deloitte, in partnership with Robocash Group, states that ASEAN countries have the highest potential in the fintech market up to 2020. The advanced landscape facilitates both the development of financial technologies and the inflow of investments is expected to increase by over 20-30 per cent compared to the previous year.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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In Bengaluru, pay in coins to access clean, safe drinking water
Both private and government ATMs are competing with each other to capture the market of drinking water in the city.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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India cancels plans for huge coal power stations as solar energy prices hit record low
Analyst Tim Buckley said the shift away from the dirtiest fossil fuel and towards solar in India would have “profound” implications on global energy markets.
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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- renewable energy
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The U.S. had a ‘chicken in every pot.’ Pakistan aims for chickens on every plot.
The premise is simple: Provide five hens and one rooster to several million poor families, especially rural women, so they can earn income at home by selling eggs. But Pakistan is also facing dire macroeconomic and fiscal crises, with the rupee plummeting against the dollar and its foreign debt burden soaring out of control.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- South Asia
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