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What Happens When a Billion Identities Are Digitized?
Over the last decade, India’s Aadhaar, a biometrically secured national identification system, has allowed millions to participate in the country’s economic life. But the system’s success has ignited a debate over whether any entity, public or private, should have the ability to pool our full digital profiles.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Brazil Sees Surge in Uptake of Government Services Online
Covid-19 outbreak prompts citizens to rush to the platform, which has been expanded to support service provision during the crisis.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- Latin America
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Viewpoint: Can Big Data Fight a Pandemic?
The COVID-19 crisis has intensified the debate over big data and privacy. Governments are pulling together data from public and private systems in order to predict and counter the spread of COVID-19. But setting aside privacy protections in a time of crisis could lead to new, permanent norms. We asked Yale SOM’s K. Sudhir about the role of India’s nationwide identity system, Aadhaar, and the use of big data around the world.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- South Asia
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ID2020 Announces Inaugural Class of Certified Digital ID Solutions
ID2020 announces its first two certified digital identity solutions: Kiva Protocol and Gravity.Earth.
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- Technology
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Why More Smartphones and Bank Accounts Haven’t Brought Financial Digital Inclusion in India
India's financial sector has been a gung-ho adopter of technology. But design of technology and finance have hardly reflected users’ lived realities.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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Five Fintech Solutions For Refugees To Look Out For
More initiative concentrated around potential solutions for new incomers can be displayed in the upcoming Fintech Solutions for Refugees Bank Summit in which selected Fintech providers will receive the possibility to work with companies like PayPay in order to release new or upgrade existing solutions.
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- Finance
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A Devil’s Bargain to Bank the Unbanked: Why Financial Inclusion Advocates Shouldn’t Trust Facebook’s Libra
As you've likely heard, Facebook has entered the inclusive finance arena, pitching Libra, a global cryptocurrency – ostensibly to promote financial inclusion. But as Digital Equity co-founder Valerie Khan argues, there are plenty of reasons to doubt Facebook's intentions and Libra's “social good” marketing campaign. In fact, she says, "Facebook is not being transparent about its real interest in Libra" – and both financial inclusion advocates and emerging countries should beware.
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- Finance, Technology
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Viewpoint: How Aadhaar Bill Will Benefit Startups and the Fintech Segment
With the all-new Aadhaar Bill, the startup ecosystem has breathed a massive sigh of relief.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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