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Razorpay, NPCI, and OpenAI Join Forces to Enable ChatGPT UPI Payments in India
Razorpay partners with OpenAI and NPCI to test ChatGPT-based agentic UPI payments for seamless shopping.
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- Asia Pacific
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Moneyboxx Finance Signs MoU with Water.org to Strengthen WASH Financing for Underserved Communities
The partnership aims to design and scale affordable financing solutions for micro and small enterprises engaged in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector, enabling improved access to clean water and sanitation for low-income communities across India.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- MSMEs, nonprofits, partnerships, sanitation, scale, water
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Relief for MSME Workers as New Pension Scheme Opens Door to Affordable Retirement Savings in Kenya
The deal aims to bring micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) into the country’s formal pension system through the Octagon Umbrella Retirement Benefits Scheme.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- financial health, MSMEs, partnerships, savings
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Aqua for All and Bunna Bank Partner to Revolutionize Financing in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector in Ethiopia
This strategic move signifies a shift from prior programs focused mainly on micro and small financial institutions to engaging commercial banks, enabling the attraction of large-scale private capital.
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- WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Habitat for Humanity International and Symbiotics Join Forces to Accelerate and Scale Affordable, Inclusive and Sustainable Housing Finance
“One in 3 people on Earth don’t have a safe, affordable home, and the global need has accelerated in recent years as more and more housing markets have broken,” said Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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ICONIQ Impact Launches Women’s Health Co-Lab Targeting $100 Million in Funding
The fund will support 22 organizations addressing health inequities across three focus areas: maternal health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender-based violence.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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- NGOs, partnerships, philanthropy, scale
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Visa and PhilGuarantee Ink Deal to Boost Credit Access for MSMEs in the Philippines
The agreement will have Visa and PhilGuarantee explore credit guarantee schemes tailored for MSMEs, widen lending access through partner financial institutions, etc.
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- South Asia
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Mohinani Group Partners with Norfund to Advance rPET Recycling Projects in Ghana and Nigeria
The partnership aims to accelerate investment into the recycling and processing of post-consumer PET plastics, bolstering local recycling capacity while reducing environmental waste and dependence on virgin plastic.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa