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Hibret Bank and Mastercard Launch Prepaid Hibir Mastercard Services to Enhance Digital Financial Inclusion

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Hibret Bank , in collaboration with Mastercard , has announced the launch of the Prepaid Hibir Mastercard services, marking a significant milestone in the journey towards financial digitization in Ethiopia.

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Walmart-Owned Flipkart Raises The Stakes For Refurbished Goods

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The site is the latest entry in what some people call “recommerce,” an area of online retail that is showing signs of gaining fresh steam. “At At present, the refurbished store is selling mobile phones, laptops, smartwatches, tablets and streaming devices,” according to one account. “In Grades and Guarantees. Global Market.

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Chatbots Bringing On Business Operations Revolution?

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Over the past few decades, we’ve seen some form of chatbots being used by businesses to better enhance the customer service experience. Now while Facebook initially launched its Messenger chat service in 2011, it wasn’t a major hit right away and the social media giant continued to refine its offering.

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Asia’s Alternative SMB Finance Lands Investment Boom

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The company announced $220 million in equity and debt financing this week, with its Series B-plus round led by the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, the World Bank International Finance Corporation and Credit Suisse, reports in TechCrunch said. Its risk mitigation technology is also licensed to banks and telecoms, reports explained.

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The Fastest Path To Faster Payments In The US

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Instead, we could do something right away — or almost right away — that would make payments between consumers and businesses faster. And focus the “faster” payments initiative on what really matters: getting rid of the friction that prevents payments among consumers and businesses from being better and more efficient.