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Report: India’s Woman Entrepreneurs Are More Likely to Get Loans Than Men
The number of women seeking business loans has tripled in the past five years.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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YMO Raises €3 Million In Seed Round To Accelerate Financial Inclusion in West Africa
YMO, a financial inclusion solution for African populations has made it its mission to revolutionize technology for money transfers and everyday payments.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Fintech Startup Uplinq Partners with the SME Finance Forum, Managed by the IFC
Uplinq, the first global credit assessment and scoring platform for SMB lenders, today announced a partnership with the SME Finance Forum, a global network aimed at expanding finance to small and medium businesses (SMEs).
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: IncoFin Reaches Final Close of its India Progress Fund
Investors entrusted USD 77 million of capital to the fund to continue investing in financial inclusion and the agri-food value chain in the Indian rural economy.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Trade Finance Platform Marco Gets $200 Million Line of Credit, Focuses on Latin America – US
Trade finance platform Marco says it has raised $200 million in a line of credit from MidCap Financial and Castlelake.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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Indian SaaS Fintech Mintoak Bags $20 Million in Series A Funding
Mintoak will also focus on strengthening its presence in India and expanding into new markets across the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- financial inclusion, fintech, MSMEs
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M-Pesa Eyes the Global Remittances Trillion-Dollar Market
The Kenyan fintech behemoth is ramping up an ambitious expansion drive to woo markets in the global North.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Smile Identity Lands $20 Million Series B for Pan-African Expansion
Africa's leading KYC onboarding and identity verification platform, Smile Identity has secured a $20 million Series B to grow its team and expand its offering across Africa.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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