-
LeapFrog Set To Acquire East African Health Insurance Firm For $18m
LeapFrog Investments and Resolution Insurance announced today, that LeapFrog intends to invest $18.7 million for a majority stake in Resolution Insurance,through its holding company, Resolution Health East Africa Limited.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Tanzania Leads Africa in Financial Inclusion
TANZANIA is the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa and ninth globally for demonstrating most conducive environments for financial inclusion, according to the new Global Microscope 2014 by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Pakistan turns to biometrics for banking
Pakistan’s central bank has revealed it will implement biometric technology for identity verification developed by the country’s National Database and Registration Authority.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
-
PRESS RELEASE: CFSI Identifies Household Cash Flow as the Focus for its First Innovation Challenge
The Financial Solutions Lab at the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) today announced that household liquidity, the management and alignment of income and expenses, will be the focus of its first innovation challenge.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
-
Jan Dhan may win Guinness record for Modi, but duplicate accounts can burden banks
he Narendra Modi government is in dialogues with the Guinness World Records team to bag a record for the government for opening maximum number of bank accounts in minimum number of days, according to persons familiar with the development.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
-
Mobile payment startup taps into Indian villages
Ezetap, a mobile payment startup, wants to connect small Indian villages with business and is using its mPoS to do so, Business Standard reported.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
-
Twitter Top Ten – 11/16/14: Our favorite tweets of the week
After a successful pilot period, our Twitter Top Ten makes its debut today as a permanent feature, with ten great tweets selected by NextBillion’s editorial staff. Thank you to everyone who’s provided feedback, encouragement and retweets to this feature - we’re glad the response has been so positive.
- Categories
- Health Care
-
Free the Cash Networks!: How one small regulatory change could have a huge positive impact on mobile money’s development
Mobile money is booming around the developing world - but would-be entrepreneurs and even established companies are dealing with a major impediment to their success: the challenge of running a cash-in/cash-out agent network. These struggles are impeding the supply of competitive digital financial services, says Ignacio Mas - but
a simple regulatory change could help eliminate the problem.- Categories
- Uncategorized
Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter, "NextBillion Notes"
Published each Wednesday, our e-newsletter features NextBillion's latest original articles, along with a selection of news, jobs, bizdev opportunities and events from our recent coverage — and regular conference ticket giveaways.
We respect your privacy. Your information is safe and will never be shared.
Don't miss out. Subscribe today.