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Press Release: Worldremit Partners With Onfido to Deliver a Simple, and Faster Verification Process for Customers
WorldRemit has today announced a new partnership with Onfido, the global identity verification and authentication company, to make it easier and quicker for customers to open an account with WorldRemit, to send money abroad.
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- Finance
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Small Businesses in Emerging Markets Need Alternative Financing Options
This lack of resources exists worldwide, with the most substantial finance gap in the East Asia and Pacific region, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean. SMEs in emerging markets need alternative methods to secure the financing necessary to sustain their businesses.
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- Coronavirus
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Report: Countries, Companies Risk Billions in Race for Coronavirus Vaccine
“The crisis in the world is so big that each of us will have to take maximum risk now to put this disease to a stop,” said Paul Stoffels, chief scientific officer at Johnson & Johnson, which has partnered with the U.S. government on a $1 billion investment to speed development and production of its still-unproven vaccine. “If it fails,” Stoffels told Reuters, “it will be bad.”
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- North America
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Viewpoint: My Business Is ‘Essential.’ It Doesn’t Feel That Way.
The grocery check-out clerk, the child-care provider, and the gas-station attendant all have been asked to keep working in most places during the Covid-19 pandemic so that the police officer, the pilot, and the emergency-room nurse can get their jobs done.
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- Coronavirus
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- North America
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- business, coronavirus, employment
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Viewpoint: My Plan B for All the Big Corporate Bailout Proposals
At the heart of my Plan B bailout proposal is an intriguing and relatively new legal structure called a “benefit corporation.”
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- Coronavirus
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- North America
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Remote Business Coaching Made Sense Even Before COVID-19 – Now it’s a Necessity
The coronavirus is forcing us all to do things differently. But as Donna Rosa argues, in some cases that may be a good thing. For instance, microenterprises in low-income countries have long needed basic business management skills, yet the development sector has often failed to deliver this training effectively. Now, as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes many interactions online, she argues that it’s time to increase the focus on distance coaching for these small businesses.
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- Coronavirus, Education, Entrepreneurship
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Press Release: Visa Foundation Commits $210 Million to Support Small and Micro Businesses and Immediate COVID-19 Emergency Relief
“Two hundred million dollars in new financial resources demonstrates our continuing commitment to support small and micro businesses, with a focus on women’s economic advancement globally,” said Graham Macmillan, President of the Visa Foundation. “When women thrive, communities thrive. We know this matters now more than ever as the global economy seeks to recover and rebuild.”
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- Coronavirus
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Coronavirus Resources for the Social Impact Sector [UPDATED 5/27]
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing businesses everywhere to make difficult decisions – and the stakes are particularly high for companies in low- and middle-income countries. To help deliver actionable information to these enterprises and other social impact organizations, NextBillion has launched this regularly updated resource page, with COVID-19-related news, analysis, events, funding opportunities and more.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
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