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Sports Betting in Kenya Lifts Vodafone Mobile-Money Volumes
Kenyans using mobile-money platform M-Pesa to bet on the outcome of sporting events helped Vodafone Plc’s unit in the East African country boost transaction volumes by 48 percent in the past year.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: India’s United Payments System to Make Mobile Wallets Redundant
The ongoing push by the Reserve Bank to revolutionise banking through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will leave mobile wallets redundant, as mobile banking has jumped over threefold in February from the year-ago period, according to a report.
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- South Asia
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Report: Fintech Investments in Asia Pacific Reached US $4.3 Billion in 2015
The fintech sector in Asia Pacific is booming, according to Accenture's 'Fintech and the evolving landscape' report.
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- Asia Pacific
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India Emerging as Fastest-Growing Market for Fintech Software Products
Powered by innovation in payment processing, the fintech software products segment is expanding at a rapid pace in India, according to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), which represents country's IT industry.
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- South Asia
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- fintech, remittances
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India’s MobiKwik Raises $50M for Its Mobile Wallet Service
The increase of smartphone ownership in India is fueling the rise of mobile wallets in the country. One company leading the charge, MobiKwik, has topped up its own funds with a $50 million Series C round announced today.
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Mobile Wallets in India to Start Offering Small Amounts on Short-Term Credit
Your mobile wallet, which has been serving your need for instant cash in an electronic form for sundry transactions, will also empower you further with companies in the business planning to add an instant loan facility to their offerings.
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From Remittance to Startups, How Bitcoin Is Used in Africa
With the high mobile phone penetration already in place, Africa is set to enable more users to download a Bitcoin wallet on their devices.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, remittances
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Half of Mobile Money Accounts Inactive in Bangladesh
More than half of mobile money accounts have gone inactive, with the number rising every month, according to data from Bangladesh Bank.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- fintech
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