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PRESS RELEASE: JPMorgan Chase & Co. Commits $30 Million to Establish Financial Solutions LabSM and Improve Financial Capability
Led by the Center for Financial Services Innovation, the Lab intends to catalyze, test and scale promising innovations that help people increase savings, improve credit and build assets
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OPIC Committed $2.7 billion to High-Impact Sectors in 2013
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is proud to release for the first time a detailed picture of its Fiscal Year 2013 commitments in the impact investing space.
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April’s Most Popular Posts: Better housing loans, a letter to Google and impact investing growing pains
One of the most satisfying things about working here at NextBillion is getting to publish articles from first-time writers. It’s especially satisfying to see those rookie contributors shoot to the top of the most viewed list for the month. That was the case in April.
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Impact investing firm Investors’ Circle closes on $3.1M, looks for deals
Durham-based “impact investing” firm Investors’ Circle just closed on $3.1 million – a sum that, according to executive director Bonny Moellenbrock, will go toward a very specific type of startup.
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World Bank Revamping Is Rattling Employees
The World Bank, a famously bureaucratic institution, is undergoing its first restructuring in nearly two decades.
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State Equity Crowdfunding Policies Hold Promise in U.S.
More than two years after passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is still writing the regulations that will govern equity crowdfunding in America.
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5 Inspiring Books on Social Entrepreneurship
As the founder of a social enterprise called LSTN Headphones, I often look to companies and entrepreneurs I admire for advice on navigating our growing business while continuing our mission to do well while doing good. Below are a few of the books I’ve found to help guide our startup through new challenges and inspire the team to work harder to make our company succeed.
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World Bank offers Angola $1 billion to fund infrastructure, agriculture
The World Bank will offer $1 billion in financing to help Angola rebuild infrastructure and develop its agriculture, an official at the Washington-based lender said on Monday.
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