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Mozambique Joins Collaborative ICT Data Collection Initiative Developed By African Development Bank
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Mozambique Joins Collaborative ICT Data Collection Initiative Developed By African Development Bank

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RASME is a partnership of the African Development Bank and the World Bank’s Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring and Supervision and KoBoToolbox teams The African Development Bank has extended membership of a digital data supervision system known as the Remote Appraisal Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RASME) project to Mozambique, making it......
Revenues, Profits of Companies Owned by Women Decreased During 2021: Biz2Credit Women-Owned Business Study
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Revenues, Profits of Companies Owned by Women Decreased During 2021: Biz2Credit Women-Owned Business Study

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Analysis of 100,000 Firms Finds Pandemic Revenues and Profits Fell Last Year The annual Biz2Credit Women-Owned Business Study found that profits for female business-owners dropped 26% in 2021 from 2020, while average annual revenues dipped 4%. Additionally, the study found that operating expenses increased, the primary reason profits fell in......
Everest Group Recognizes Accenture as a Leader in Platform IT, Salesforce and Duck Creek Services in Insurance
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Everest Group Recognizes Accenture as a Leader in Platform IT, Salesforce and Duck Creek Services in Insurance

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Accenture has been named a Leader in three new reports by analyst firm Everest Group which assessed providers on platform IT, Salesforce and Duck Creek services in the insurance industry. “Clients recognized Accenture’s strong resource quality, effective management of large-scale platform implementations and robust change management capabilities.” Accenture is ranked......
Survey Finds Great Resignation Continues as Women Seek New Jobs with Higher Income to Compensate for Financial Setbacks Caused by Covid Pandemic
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Survey Finds Great Resignation Continues as Women Seek New Jobs with Higher Income to Compensate for Financial Setbacks Caused by Covid Pandemic

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Women plan to ask for a raise in 2022 (54%) or leave current job for higher pay (68%) Two years after the Covid pandemic first disrupted daily life in the United States, women are continuing to see a significant impact on their lives, particularly via financial barriers and workplace hurdles. According......
African Development Bank Signs Agreement to Fund Regional Financial Market Infrastructure of the WAMU
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African Development Bank Signs Agreement to Fund Regional Financial Market Infrastructure of the WAMU

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The grant will fund the creation of a digital platform to automate securities issuance for the regional financial market The African Development Bank on Monday signed a grant agreement for an amount of $400,000 with the Dépositaire Central/Banque de Règlement of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) to modernize the......
CFPB Announces Steps to Prevent the Weaponization of Credit Reporting SystemCFPB Announces Steps to Prevent the Weaponization of Credit Reporting System
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CFPB Announces Steps to Prevent the Weaponization of Credit Reporting System

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To prevent the weaponization of existing credit rating systems by debt collectors and insurance agents, the CFPB has taken stringent steps. CFPB has released a report on how various agents are misusing credit rating systems to coerce people. Amid COVID-19, there is a total outstanding of around $88 billion USD......
Latinia Confirms a 250% Growth in Financial Notifications During the Pandemic
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Latinia Confirms a 250% Growth in Financial Notifications During the Pandemic

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Latinia, the real-time communications software vendor for the financial industry, has announced a “very significant” growth in the notifications volume sent from financial institutions during COVID-19. “The traffic of our clients regularly doubles every year, but these last two years the growth rate has come to multiply by 3 and......
Nuvision Credit Union Earns Community Development Certification to Better Serve
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Nuvision Credit Union Earns Community Development Certification to Better Serve

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The US Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund recently certified Nuvision Credit Union as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). This designation is available only to organizations that have proven they provide financial services and products in low-income communities and to people who lack access to financing. CDFI certification is granted......
PayGround Expands Into Digital Health Markets
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PayGround Expands Into Digital Health Markets

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The embedded solution makes PayGround the perfect payment partner for any healthcare delivery organization PayGround, a fintech company, can now serve as a payment API (application programming interface) to enable secure ecommerce across a wide range of healthcare-related businesses. These secure transactions are empowered by the company’s iFrame. PayGround’s iFrame technology......
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