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Will West Africa be the New East Africa in Mobile Money?: Shifting regulations and a growing ecosystem make the region an area to watch
Though the member countries in the West African Economic and Monetary Union share one currency and one central bank, their mobile money ecosystems differ greatly. However, interoperability will likely be integrated across most of these countries in the not too distant future. Could its new regulatory regimes and developing ecosystems help the region take its place alongside the mobile money sprinters of East Africa?
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OPINION: Payments Banks – A game-changing idea for financial inclusion in India
Over the next decade or so, payment banks' functioning has the potential to bring about another revolution in the banking sector.
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Indian mobile operators feature strongly among ‘payments bank’ license winners
Bidders linked to the country’s top three mobile operators – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular – as well as newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm and Telenor were among eleven winners of payments bank licenses in India.
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China’s move to regulate Internet payments sparks concern
China is moving to limit the lightly regulated world of internet payments, an initiative that some critics warn could stifle development in one of the most innovative sectors of the economy.
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OPINION: 10 developments that could transform the future of Indian banking
With emerging needs in urbanisation, industrialisation, digitisation, education, financial inclusion, and global integration, the following 10 developments will shape the banking industry in India’s journey towards a $20 trillion economy.
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Can Tobacco Excise Taxes Be a Boon for NCD Financing?
Governments need to put more effort in implementing one of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s proven measures to reduce demand and deaths from tobacco use — levying high taxes on tobacco products.
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Raise Taxes on Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products: WHO
The World Health Organisation has urged governments around the world to increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives.
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Kenya’s Safaricom Might Have to Spin Off M-Pesa, the World’s Largest Mobile Money Business
The Kenyan government is introducing new regulations this week in parliament that could lead to the break-up of Safaricom, the country’s leading telecom company.
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