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Grameen Foundation lndia Launches G-LEAP e-Learning App
Grameen Foundation India, a technical services provider dedicated to advancing financial inclusion, launched Grameen Learning Program (G-LEAP), a first of its kind e-learning app for microfinance institutions which enables any-time, any-where learning. Powered by Handytrain, the app will help organizations train frontline microfinance staff and agents quickly and cost-effectively, anywhere and at anytime.
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Indians Skipping Plastic Money, Leapfrogging to Mobile Wallets
Unlike the West, Japan and China, which slowly graduated from landline to cordless to cellular telephony and from cash to plastic to mobile payments mode, India has virtually skipped the intermediate stages — cordless telephones and plastic money — of this technological revolution and jumped into cellular telephony and digital banking transaction.
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Where Do Microfinance Firms Go From Here?
If you have your ear to the ground, you may hear 1.2 million employees of the Indian microfinance industry singing an old song of country-and-western singer and songwriter Jim Reeves:
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Indian MFIs Say All Is Now Well in Loan Repayment
While India’s cash-dominated microfinance sector was reeling under stress following the recall of high value currencies, sector leaders such as Ujjivan Financial Services and Bharat Financial Inclusion have come forward to defuse concerns raised by stakeholders.
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In Thailand, $3 a Month Could Boost Migrant Health
Among the estimated 1 million migrants living in Thailand along the remote Thai-Burmese border, threats to health abound.Infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, diarrheal conditions and dengue fever run rampant.
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China’s Zhongyuan Bank to Replicate Grameen Microcredit Model
Zhongyuan Bank Co Ltd, a leading banking group in China, has signed an agreement with Grameen Trust for replicating Grameen Bank's microcredit model on a large scale in China.
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Catching the FinTech wave: A survey on FinTech in Malaysia
In 2015 and the first half of 2016, US$345 million, representing 11% of total venture capital funding in Southeast Asia went into FinTech. The region’s growing economies and relatively large underbanked populations make it doubly attractive for new market entrants. We set out to assess Malaysian financial service players’ attitudes towards this emerging segment through an online survey and several interviews of top management from both the incumbents and newcomers.
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- fintech, venture capital
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After battling women’s rights groups for years, India is finally rolling out injectable contraceptives
Indian women bear an unfair burden when it comes to reproductive health and contraception. With the culture of shame that surrounds sex, and therefore sexual health, and the still-limited access to healthcare, women often struggle to make informed choices about contraceptives. So, while basic awareness has been on the rise, usage remains limited.
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- public health
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