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Analysis: Digital Credit Algorithms in India: Expanding Access or Cementing Exclusion?
CFI explores how automated decision-making tools for digital credit are playing out for one demographic in India: interstate migrants.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Argentinian Fintech Infrastructure Startup Geopagos Leaves the Boot Straps Behind With $35M Funding Round
Geopagos promises to help companies that want to create and/or scale a payment acceptance business.
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- Latin America
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Indian Fintech Tartan Secures Funding to Scale Payroll Management Solution
The proceeds from the round will be used to scale its operations while expanding its engineering team.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- business development, fintech, scale
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Delphos Advises African Mobile Money Unicorn on Euro 90 Million Syndicated Loan
Delphos advised Wave Mobile Money Holdings Inc. on its highly successful €90 million Syndicated Loan to further accelerate its growth in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya and Ghana Are Front-Lining the Global Mobile Money Market
The value of Africa’s mobile money transactions grew 39 percent to $701.4 billion in 2021 from $495 billion in 2020, according to GSMA.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ten Lessons From the Largest Scale Up of Cash Transfers in History
A new paper combines analysis of large datasets with a review of about 300 pandemic papers, evaluations, and practical experiences while focusing on a particular form of social protection – cash transfers.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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- cash transfers, fintech
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Press Release: Moove Partners With Uber to Launch Mega Fleet for Ride-Hailing in India
Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech and Uber’s largest vehicle supply partner in EMEA, is announcing its launch in India.
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- Finance, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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Zazuu Raises $2 Million for African Remittance Platform
African money movement platform Zazuu has completed a fundraising round that will allow it to build a more robust remittance offering for residents living in the diaspora.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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