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Analysis: How Digital Payment Systems Can Boost Bangladesh’s Push to Meet the SDGs
As we grapple with the challenges presented by the pandemic, Bangladesh continues to clock impressive growth and is in fact an outlier in the global economic scenario.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- digital payments, fintech, SDGs
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Cameroon’s Maviance to Digitise Payments Across Central Africa With $3 Million Funding
Per recent reports, the $3 million investment was solely from MFS Africa, an African fintech company that connects mobile money systems to banks and other financial institutions.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Fintechs Score Big on the Funding Front as Investors Spot “Final Frontier” Opportunities
We have not even reached the halfway point of 2021, but already it seems nailed on that the year will break all sorts of funding records – with the surge in investments led by the Nigerian fintech space.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mastercard and Billetera Partner to Drive Digital Financial Inclusion in Democratic Republic of Congo
Mastercard has announced partnering with Billetera, a leading digital payments technology company headquartered in Kenya, to provide unbanked and financially excluded residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria-Based Lending Platform FairMoney Pursuing Emerging Markets Strategy With India Launch
Nigeria-based credit-led neobank FairMoney, which aims to give underbanked people access to digital financial services, is pursuing an emerging markets strategy and recently launched in India.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Pyypl and Visa Form Partnership to Boost Financial Inclusion Across Emerging Markets
Pyypl, the Middle East and Africa based payment technology company and financial services provider announces a new strategic partnership with Visa - the world leader in digital payments.
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- Finance, Technology
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Brazil’s Positive Ventures Closes On $10 Million Fund for Impact Investing
Positive Ventures, a Sao Paulo-based venture firm, has secured $10 million for its latest fund.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Uploan Secures US $15 Million From Lendable to Expand Its Payroll Financial Services Beyond Philippines
Uploan, a Philippines-based fintech company providing payroll financial services, has raised a senior secured loan of up to US$15 million from debt financer Lendable.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia