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PayU Finance’s LazyPay Partners With Dukaan to Offer Buy Now Pay Later Solution to Small Businesses in India
Integrating the BNPL solution into the available payment modes will help merchants improve their sales and encourage first-time customers to become repeat customers, LazyPay said.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Digital Credit Algorithms in India: Expanding Access or Cementing Exclusion?
CFI explores how automated decision-making tools for digital credit are playing out for one demographic in India: interstate migrants.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Medical Credit Fund Raises €32.5 Million To Support Health Entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Others in Sub-Saharan Africa
This round of funding will help the Fund increase its presence and support for healthcare professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on primary healthcare services.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Addressing Predatory Lending Apps: Lessons From the Regulatory Response in Indonesia, India and the Philippines
Digital lending apps have provided financial inclusion to many in emerging markets, but complaints about predatory practices have been surging over the last two years. Financial inclusion and consumer protection consultant Hema Bansal explains how misleading marketing, inadequate disclosure of pricing, terms and conditions, and inappropriate collections practices have led to new regulatory responses in Indonesia, India and the Philippines. She shares which of these steps have proven effective — and where there is still room for improvement.
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- Finance, Technology
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