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The promise and peril of digital urban mobility

Corporate Knights

In 2015, a Helsinki start-up unveiled a plan for something it called “mobility-as-a-service,” or MaaS, based on ideas that had been developed in a 2014 masters' thesis at a Finnish university.

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Growth in Digital Payments Bolsters Financial Inclusion

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: The COVID-19 pandemic brought growth in digital payments, bolstering financial inclusion. The newly released Global Findex Database 2022 shows that in developing economies, the share of adults making or receiving digital payments has increased—from 35 percent in 2014 to 57 percent in 2021.

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Qualcomm and FHI 360 Announce the Government Adoption of a Transformative Digital Platform to Boost Senegal's Artisanal Fishing Industry

3BL Media

At scale, WISE will provide services and resources to 52,000 artisanal fishers and 20,000 women fish processors throughout the country and will be a valuable tool in advancing Digital Senegal 2025, a governmental strategy to increase GDP and create jobs by leveraging digital technology.

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Innovating for Growth: How Digital Platforms Are Transforming Small Business Support

3BL Media

The Center's partnership with Community Reinvestment Fund highlights three opportunities to use digital technologies to strengthen America's small business ecosystem. CRF developed the SPARK platform to digitalize the end-to-end lending process for U.S. SOURCE: The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

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Mastercard: Connecting Everyday Sustainable Choices Into the Core of Our Business

3BL Media

Encouraging paperless practices Mastercard aims to digitalize existing processes to support more efficient use of resources. As consumers can now opt for digital receipts over paper, this can reduce waste, deforestation, and ultimately this type of environmental impact.

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Mondel?z 2021 Snacking Made Right Report: Mindful Snacking

3BL Media

We help people snack mindfully in many ways – from on pack cues and information to brand-inspired tips, digital resources and programs, and health and nutrition professional community partnerships. 2014; Hendrickson et al., 2014 3 Hong et al., 2014; Arch et al., 2014; Daubenmier et al., 2012; Katterman et al.,

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Medtronic LABS: Opening Up Software To Expand Access to Healthcare

3BL Media

And now, the code behind its digital health platform SPICE is open source – making it available to anyone. SPICE is a digital health platform embedded directly within health systems and government digital ecosystems. LABS has screened half a million people for non-communicable diseases since 2014.