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The Human Foundation for Digital Financial Services
Agents are the bricks and mortar of a digital financial services business. With payment banks in India designing their strategies for building their agent networks, they must also ensure they get the operations right, putting high quality agents in the market, supporting them effectively, and playing their part in seeding the demand they need to earn a decent revenue.
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Three Key Lessons for Responsible Digital Finance
Xavier Giné (World Bank), Greg Fischer (London School of Economics) and Dean Karlan (Yale University) discuss the challenges and opportunities in designing digital financial services for the poor.
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Not Just Child’s Play: Why the financial services industry can – and should – support children’s well-being
A new research paper released by the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) explores the relationship between a family’s financial health and its children’s well-being, illuminating the need and opportunity for financial services to play a greater role in supporting child and family success. Doing so can help providers deepen relationships with customers today and with their children in the future.
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Report: Indian American Philanthropy on the Rise: Could Dwarf U.S. Aid to India
New research reports that Indian American philanthropy has expanded from giving to family and community to more broad-based social causes and organizations focused on addressing India's most challenging problems.
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PRESS RELEASE: Oliver Wyman, ideas42 Report Shows How Innovative New Products Could Boost Financial Stability for Low-Income Consumers
New Report Lays out Solutions to Break a Vicious Cycle for Millions of Americans.
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University Returns $1 Million Grant to Coca-Cola
The University of Colorado School of Medicine announced Friday that it was returning a $1 million gift from Coca-Cola after it was revealed that the money had been used to establish an advocacy group that played down the link between soft drinks and obesity.
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Navigating Impact Investing: The Need for Greater Clarity and Efficiency
Demand for impact investing is surging - yet investors, even interested ones, have a hard time wrapping their heads around the practice.
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Improving Photosynthesis May Be Our Best Bet to Feed More People
Our ability to keep feeding Earth's growing population using current agricultural methods is hitting its limit. So researchers are looking to alter plants' most basic systems.
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- Agriculture
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