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Press Release: Careem, Visa, Sign Partnership to Accelerate Cashless Payments and Digital Financial Inclusion Across MENA
Visa push payment services will be available on the Careem Pay Super App for Captains to make low-cost money transfers.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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African Startups Can Apply for 2nd Edition of Inclusive Fintech 50
Applications have opened for the second edition of the Inclusive Fintech 50, which will identify 50 high-potential, early-stage and innovative fintech startups driving financial inclusion and resilience for the three billion financially underserved people worldwide.
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- Finance, Technology
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- banking, digital payments, fintech, IFC, LMICs, MetLife Foundation, Visa
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Kenya’s Safaricom to link its M-Pesa platform with Visa’s network
Visa and Safaricom have agreed a deal which will connect the Kenyan telecom operator's M-Pesa financial services platform with Visa's global network of merchants and cards.
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- Finance
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Press Release: Visa Foundation Commits $210 Million to Support Small and Micro Businesses and Immediate COVID-19 Emergency Relief
“Two hundred million dollars in new financial resources demonstrates our continuing commitment to support small and micro businesses, with a focus on women’s economic advancement globally,” said Graham Macmillan, President of the Visa Foundation. “When women thrive, communities thrive. We know this matters now more than ever as the global economy seeks to recover and rebuild.”
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- Coronavirus
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Visa Partners With Paga on Payments and Fintech for Africa and Abroad
The collaboration reflects a strategy of the American financial services giant to expand in Africa working with the continent’s top startups.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Visa Ghana Targets SMEs In Financial Inclusion Agenda
Global payment technology company, Visa, is targeting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to push its financial inclusion initiatives drive in Ghana.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- financial inclusion, SMEs, Visa
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Interswitch Partners with Visa to Promote Financial Inclusion Across Africa
“Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest-growing payments market in the world, with growth driven by a young and dynamic population, rapidly evolving consumer behaviour, and an increasing desire for payment solutions that can be accepted across the continent and abroad.”
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: ANDE, USAID and Visa Foundation Partner to Launch ANDE Gender Equality Initiative and Advancing Women’s Empowerment Fund
The initiative’s first activity, the Advancing Women’s Empowerment Fund, seeks to address the gap in access to finance for women-led businesses.
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- Entrepreneurship
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