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Central Bank of Nigeria moves to enhance financial services to Nigerians
Nigeria felt that it is lagging behind some of its peer countries in Africa.
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Reserve Bank of India panel suggests new set of banks for financial inclusion
RBI panel headed by Nachiket Mor also seeks universal electronic bank account for all adult Indian citizens by January 2016.
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Zimbabwe imposes mobile money tax
Zimbabwe has started levying a tax on mobile money transactions after intense lobbying from the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) for the Zimbabwean central bank to regulate mobile money services “to create a level playing field” in the financial services sector.
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Unitus Seed Fund India Receives SEBI Approval for Impact Investing
Ravi Venkatesan joins as Venture Partner; Atul Bindal joins investment committee.
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Kenya making progress in fighting financial crimes
Jackson Kitili, interim director of Kenya’s Financial Reporting Centre, a specialised government agency set up in October 2012 to deal with money laundering and other financial crimes, talks about progress in fighting financial crimes.
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Philippines’ Quezon City and USAID Launch Mobile Money System
The Local Government of Quezon City, in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched an innovative mobile money system.
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Give People Choices, Not Edicts
Over the past few years, many nations have adopted policies that promise to improve people’s lives while preserving their freedom of choice. These approaches, informed by behavioral economics, are sometimes called nudges.
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Has The SEC Made Equity Crowdfunding Economically Unfeasible?
It seems that The SEC has created a quagmire of complicated rules and economic roadblocks.
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