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Facebook Parent Meta Launches Startup Accelerator With India’s It Ministry in Metaverse Push Manish Singh
Meta Platforms is looking at India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem as it bolsters its bet on the metaverse.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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BNPL Firm BillEase Raises $20 Million to Bolster Financial Inclusion for Filipinos
BillEase, one of the fastest-growing consumer finance apps in the Philippines, has announced that it has raised $20 million.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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Kippa Reveals $8.4 Million in Funding for Merchants’ Financial Management Platform
Kippa, the financial management and payments platform for Nigerian small businesses, has announced that it has raised $8.4 million in a new financing round.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: 2022 Financial Health Pulse: Financial Health Drops in U.S. for First Time in Five Years of Measurement
New data shows erosion of financial health gains from pandemic, led by significant declines in middle- and upper-income earners, black people and women.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment
- Region
- North America
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NowNow Raises $13 Million in Seed Funding to Expand Services Across Africa
The company says that the funding will help it introduce new products that will further enhance its already existing consumer banking, agency banking, and merchant payment solutions.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Colombian Fintech Start-Up Plurall Bags $20 Million Debt Funding
Plurall, a Latin American fintech start-up aiming to provide financial services for entrepreneurs, has raised $20 million in debt financing.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- financial inclusion, fintech, MSMEs, startups
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Analysis: Francophone Africa’s First Unicorn Is Disrupting the Region’s Mobile Money Market. But Can It Last?
Wave’s rise has burst open the mobile money landscape in the West African country by fueling competition with existing players.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: An Economic Perfect Storm Is Battering Emerging Markets. Debt Crises Loom
The U.S. dollar strengthened to a 20-year high against a collection of foreign currencies this week, spelling more trouble for heavily indebted smaller nations around the world.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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