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WhatsApp to Launch New Payments Feature in Brazil
The new feature will allow users to browse products, add products to their cart and make payments via debit or credit card right from their WhatsApp chat.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Latin America
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YMO Raises €3 Million In Seed Round To Accelerate Financial Inclusion in West Africa
YMO, a financial inclusion solution for African populations has made it its mission to revolutionize technology for money transfers and everyday payments.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Fintech Startup Uplinq Partners with the SME Finance Forum, Managed by the IFC
Uplinq, the first global credit assessment and scoring platform for SMB lenders, today announced a partnership with the SME Finance Forum, a global network aimed at expanding finance to small and medium businesses (SMEs).
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: IncoFin Reaches Final Close of its India Progress Fund
Investors entrusted USD 77 million of capital to the fund to continue investing in financial inclusion and the agri-food value chain in the Indian rural economy.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Trade Finance Platform Marco Gets $200 Million Line of Credit, Focuses on Latin America – US
Trade finance platform Marco says it has raised $200 million in a line of credit from MidCap Financial and Castlelake.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: Universal Energy Facility Provides Grants to Solar Projects Across Nigeria, Helping SMEs While Saving Thousands of Tons of Carbon Emissions per Year
These companies will now begin construction on their proposed solar projects, all of which are designed to connect businesses and services to a clean, affordable, and reliable electricity source.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change, MSMEs, scale, solar
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Indian SaaS Fintech Mintoak Bags $20 Million in Series A Funding
Mintoak will also focus on strengthening its presence in India and expanding into new markets across the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- financial inclusion, fintech, MSMEs
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M-Pesa Eyes the Global Remittances Trillion-Dollar Market
The Kenyan fintech behemoth is ramping up an ambitious expansion drive to woo markets in the global North.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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