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How an iPad in a corner store can spell success in Mexico
On the outskirts of Mexico City, just past the dusty plateau of a defunct landfill, the cinder block houses of Chimalhuacán crowd a hillside. It’s a city beyond a city, made up of nearly 1 million residents including surrounding areas, yet it lacks many of services and stores one might expect of a city – like banks.
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Vodafone Aims to Replicate M-Pesa’s Success in India
M-Pesa, the mobile-based money transfer and payment service that has been highly successful in Kenya since its launch in 2007, is now available in India by Vodafone, working through its fully-owned subsidiary Mobile Commerce Solutions Ltd (MCSL), and ICICI bank, the country’s largest private sector bank.
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- South Asia
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Affordable houses, but for whom?
The new launches in the affordable category could just be another marketing gimmick to push sales and mop up money
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Poor and Unbanked in India?: Why 12 digits could equal financial inclusion
The Aadhaar program has already begun issuing 12-digit individual identification numbers that will soon let Indians verify their identity and address any time, anywhere within the country. Each Aadhaar ID number is connected to a citizen’s biometric data: photograph, iris scans and fingerprints. It will allow individuals to document their credit history and link their ID number to electronic payments through an Aadhaar-connected bank account.
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FEATURED EVENT: TBLI CONFERENCE comes to America
TBLI (Triple Bottom Line Investment) CONFERENCE™ is the prime annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Impact Investing. The theme for 2013 is: "Rethink the Past and Move On"
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Mobile Money in Tanzania: Understanding consumers’ perspectives
After stagnating during the first two waves of our research, mobile money use among Tanzanian adults nearly doubled over the course of the study. Poor, rural women were consistently the least likely to use mobile money, while urban men above the poverty line were the most likely. However, we found that gender does not play as large a role in mobile money use as might be expected.
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Accion’s Venture Lab Closes Initial Investments in Financial Inclusion Start-Ups
Accion announced the first five investments by Venture Lab, its $10 million seed capital initiative, which invests in start-up companies that help expand global financial inclusion. A pioneer and leader in bringing financial services to the underserved, Accion launched Venture Lab in April, 2012.
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Avoiding the Generation Gap : Young people and financial access, going beyond mobile money
For many young people, owning a phone is aspirational and closely tied to their self-esteem. The surge of young people with phones or phone access and the emergence of low-cost mobile banking technology suggests that it may be timely to engage them in accessing digital financial services and building their financial capabilities.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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