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Uber Announces Deeper Push Into Financial Services With Uber Money
The emphasis, at first, will be expanding Uber’s efforts to give its 4 million-plus drivers and couriers around the world access to a mobile bank account so they can get paid after each ride. Under pressure to turn a profit amid competition from new ride-sharing entrants around the world, Uber is betting that by building out its financial ecosystem, it can keep drivers and riders loyal to its platform.
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- Finance
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- digital payments, fintech
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MTN Launches Mobile Money API Hackathon
The Hackathon, run in partnership with Ericsson (MTN’s MoMo technology partner), will give app developers based in Ghana, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon and Zambia the opportunity to create innovative financial and transactional applications using the MTN MoMo API platform.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How to Understand Why Zimbabwe Is Bringing Back the Zim Dollar and the Limits of Mobile Money
Zimbabwe is trying to bring back its “Zimdollar” currency and not for the first time. Ten years since the troubled national currency was essentially destroyed by years of hyperinflation, central bank officials and a few strategic government insiders have been hinting or openly discussing the need for its return.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital finance, fintech
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Five Fintech Solutions For Refugees To Look Out For
More initiative concentrated around potential solutions for new incomers can be displayed in the upcoming Fintech Solutions for Refugees Bank Summit in which selected Fintech providers will receive the possibility to work with companies like PayPay in order to release new or upgrade existing solutions.
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Bank of America Is Reportedly Piloting Ripple’s Distributed Ledger Technology
When questioned about this recently, a Ripple representative stated that the bank would not confirm or deny whether it was a client, however, it said the companies had participated in a pilot together.
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- Finance
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UK Pumps £10 Million Into the Kenyan Fintech Scene as It Aims to Increase Financial Inclusion for Low-Income and Underserved Consumers Through Technology
The Catalyst Fund supports business development and investor opportunities for early stage fintech companies in emerging markets. With support from the UK Department for International Development, the Catalyst Fund will help connect a further 30 local fintech companies with international investors and mentors, including Kenyan fintech companies.
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He Revolutionized How Millions of People Spend Money in India. His Next Target: America
In India, Paytm is best known as a one-stop shop for digital payments. You can use it to send money to a friend, like Venmo, or to pay for anything from bus tickets to utility bills using your smartphone.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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EY Fintech Adoption Index: China Tops the List, Japan is Buried at the Bottom. Where Does Your Country Rank?
As smartphones and internet access have become increasingly ubiquitous, digital financial services are soon to appear.
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- Finance
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- digital finance, fintech
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