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Bandhan: A Bond Between India’s Disadvantaged and Tools of Empowerment

Bandhan began as a small economic non-profit in West Bengal, India. Its mission: alleviate poverty. Its founders believed that the best way to accomplish this mission would be to open up avenues of economical empowerment to disadvantaged women. This way, they reasoned, these women would not only lift themselves up out of poverty, but would […]

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Mobile-based Financial Services are Lifting Africans out of Poverty

Mobile Phones are an Important Link Mobile phones provide Africans with the only opportunity to stay in touch with friends and family, as well as to access important services. Decades ago, mobile communications companies began to invest in infrastructure in Africa, improving quality and expanding market reach. Therefore, no matter where you go in Africa

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Fintech – The Rewards and the Risks

Is Fintech Opening The Financial Markets up to Risk? The Financial Stability Review (SFR) this year saw the Central Bank Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) highlight potential consequences of fintech innovations. Known as a country with lenient regulations and strong support from its government, Singapore has fast become a fintech pioneer. But while these innovations

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