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Money Laundering Increases Amid India’s Cash Crackdown

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The change could mark a major step in India becoming a cashless society, though the private sector still has some work to do providing affordable mechanisms to replace the cash economy. How will they pay us?”

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Banking on Blockchain for Increased Trust

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Reducing friction offers another benefit – both for banks and for society. The World Bank considers financial inclusion “a key enabler to reduce extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.”. If the potential profitability from two billion adults isn’t sufficient motivation, the societal benefit should be. Other blockchain benefits.

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Using Dynamic Pricing To Take On Food Instability

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A food desert is defined as a geographic area where mainstream grocery services are either very limited or absent, leaving consumers in those areas with limited access to fresh produce and meats at affordable prices. Fighting food deserts and flipping them into food oases is no easy task.

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Burger King’s Impossible Whopper Cools Off — What’s Next?

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So it goes in life, business and the world of plant-based, vegetarian-friendly fast food. 22) from Bloomberg , the fast food chain is “cutting the price of its faux-meat burger as sales start to dip following last year’s introduction.”. That rollout positions Impossible Foods into an even closer rivalry with Beyond Meat.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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It’s said to be the answer to the world’s food safety and digital identity problems. The blockchain can even end world poverty and transform society by making it safer for total strangers to lend each other money — without any third-party intermediary — and without any risk.

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Rising food costs are causing global hunger while the rich are getting richer | Arwa Mahdawi

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Meanwhile, food prices rise, and more and more people go hungry Is food made out of gold now? Prices seem to jump every month – in fact, food prices are up 3.5% People will have to get used to paying more for food,” a food distribution expert told Bloomberg recently. In Russia, food prices rose 7.7%

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The Chart That Sparked A Debate On Global Poverty

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The economist notes it is not “his” chart, as it is very similar to the charts more famously associated with Georgetown Professor Martin Ravallion’s book, “ The Economics of Poverty.”. The chart is meant to illustrate the extreme global poverty rate, measured as the share of humanity living on $1.90 per day is more reasonable.

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