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Top five EPI blog posts of 2022: Inflation and minimum wage increases among the most-read posts

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The majority of EPI’s top blog posts this year dealt with inflation, including how corporate profits, not workers’ wages, were contributing to bigger price tags. . But the top post in 2022 was on minimum wage increases in 21 states, a welcome pay hike for workers struggling to make ends meet. . Source link.

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Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion

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The system was developed over a period of years by a collaboration between the State Bank of Pakistan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The system was developed over a period of years by a collaboration between the State Bank of Pakistan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Paytm To Sell, Recharge eToll Payment Tags In India 

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This latest campaign targets gig economy drivers and follows Paytm’s re-signing of an exclusive payment partnership with Uber. . “We Our efforts are well-aligned with the government’s mission to ensure vehicles are equipped with toll tags,” said Satish Kumar Gupta, managing director of Paytm Payments Bank, in a statement.

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Super Apps Rising: Mobile Drives Digital Payments Uptick In Pakistan

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told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster in an interview that the pandemic and the rise of mobile infrastructure have set the stage to bring people living in developing and emerging economies into the digital realm. In Pakistan, and elsewhere, the stars are aligning for greater use of digital banking and payments to improve financial inclusion.

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Ghana To Adopt West African ‘Eco’ Currency

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Ghana said in October that it was planning to eliminate paper from most services and transactions by next year, as it aims to become Africa’s most digitalized economy. The government has claimed that it will have “electronically tagged” every home, including informal housing in slums, via GPS by early 2020.

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Walmart+, Amazon Pay, and The Battle For The Digital Consumer Top This Week's News

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In a filing with New York’s State Department of Labor, the managing director of the Hilton Times Square said the 44-story hotel will close permanently next month and 200 jobs will be lost. Economy (Inspiring Trust In The New Digital Economy Report). Labor Day weekend is here, bring us some welcome respite from a long summer.

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Analyst: Apple Card Acquisition Costs Estimated At $350 Per Cardholder

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Goldman, for its part, may see impact from loan losses should the economy falter, according to Nomura on CNBC. Goldman, for its part, may see impact from loan losses should the economy falter, according to Nomura on CNBC. And even some losses? Maybe initially. This is not to say that the news is all bad.