Research has yet to support the theory that cash can spread the coronavirus.
WeChat has transformed from a social media to a payment platform (among other things) and had success in China. Could Australia be next?
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While Apple Pay may have won the battle against some of Australia’s banks, it may lose the war against the providers of digital wallets, such as Tencent and Alibaba.
South Africans waiting in line to register for social grants.
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South Africa’s social grant scandal seems to back up highly regarded views on public governance that Public Private Partnerships aren’t naturally efficient.
Social grant recipients waiting in Gugulethu, Cape Town. A battle over social grant payment tender threatens the system.
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The South African Social Security Agency has created a crisis that threatens to deliver social grant recipients on a silver platter into the hands of unscrupulous financial services companies.
Thousands wait in line outside the social services office in Cape Town to register for grants.
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