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Investors have made a $10 million bet on Stori, which is pushing mobile money over a branch network to bring more consumers into Mexico's banking system.February 5
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Cold, hard currency is still a crucial part of a competitive payments strategy, particularly in massive markets like Indonesia, Korea, Japan and India, says Rapyd's Joel Yarbrough.December 31
Vice president of Asia PacificRapyd
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Fintech dLocal is expanding its API-based payments service into Nigeria and South Africa, two nations with different levels of digital payments adoption.December 17
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MFS Africa has spent the last decade building an interoperable mobile payments system linking millions of consumers in Africa, and now it’s formed a partnership with Visa to extend global card acceptance to its users.December 17
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Its approach appears to exclude retailers and small business owners––the very commercial market that would stand to benefit the most from Libra’s social mission, says HotNow's Nithinan Boonyawattanapisut.August 28
CEO and C-founderHotNow
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While it takes a lot of effort from many different parties to reduce digital and financial inequality, it all starts with affordable internet connectivity, writes Sebastien Codeville, CEO of KaiOS Technologies.November 16
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These money transfers offer many transformative benefits, such as lifting recipient families out of poverty, improving health and nutrition conditions, increasing education opportunities and promoting entrepreneurship, says Raj Agrawal, CFO of Western Union.August 22
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Local payments are included in the e-commerce checkout process, allowing merchants to immediately sell products online to local customers.June 27
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Mobile money apps have proven to be a major force in building financial services in emerging economies, but under the hood they can be starkly different.March 13
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The move may prove particularly helpful in reaching rural parts of India, where the latest smartphone technology has not arrived.March 10
