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Impact Investor Omidyar Network Shows Fintech must be more User Friendly
The report findings come as a result of in-depth interviews and human-centered design prototyping sessions with consumers across 30 communities in Nagaland, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, covering a mix of rural, semi-urban, and urban areas.
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- Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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How Rwanda can leverage financial technology to drive inclusion
Speaking during the opening ceremony at the Kigali Convention Centre, Dr Diane Karusisi, the chief executive of Bank of Kigali, said digital services are raising the competitive bar in every sector of the economy, one of which is the banking field.
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Branchless Banking Customers in Indonesia Vulnerable to Overcharges, Data Breaches, says MicroSave Survey
Agents are typically the main conduit of information for branchless banking customers regarding transaction fees. According to the survey, 74 percent of digital financial services users in urban areas and 88 percent of users in rural areas rely solely on their agents – who typically print their own pamphlets that advertise false transaction fees – for relevant information, Mohammad said.
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- Asia Pacific
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- fintech, mobile finance
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Looking For the Next Big Thing: New Partnership Builds Fintech Ecosystems in Four Emerging Start-up Markets
A new partnership between Village Capital and MetLife Foundation seeks to build the fintech ecosystems in four emerging start-up markets: Poland, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine. The idea is to find, and then support, entrepreneurs working specifically in fintech who have the potential to solve real-world problems.
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- Technology
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- financial inclusion, fintech, scale
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Kenya operators drop cross-network money surcharges
Cross-network transactions are currently possible in the country, but are complex to execute and carry additional charges.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Safaricom is planning to expand M-Pesa mobile money across Africa
Vodacom says the proposed deal gives it access to a market with “high growth, high margin, high cash generation business.” Shameel Joosub, the Vodacom Group’s chief executive, said the stake will drive M-Pesa adoption across its business.
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From Biometrics to Chatbots: Two Technology Challenges Aim to Help Governments Digitize their Economies
There is a growing consensus that emerging-market governments should digitize their economies, starting with the vast streams of payments they themselves make and receive. The DFS Lab is launching two technology challenges to fund new technologies that enable this transition: a Biometrics Challenge and a Chatbots Challenge. The deadline to enter is May 30.
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Vodacom strikes $2.6B deal for Safaricom stake
Combined, Vodacom said it will now have 32 million customers in the space, “making it a formidable player in financial services on the continent”. The deal also gives Vodacom a significant footprint in Kenya.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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