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Consumers lose more than $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays solutions.
Banking regulations haven’t caught up with gift cards, which fraudsters are using to steal money from people in ways that are difficult to trace or reverse.
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Consumers lose more than $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays solutions.
National currency secured by bonds and issued by the First National Bank of Cleveland in 1863.
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Regulation over banks that issue credit cards, debit cards and gift cards is piecemeal. The customer loses.
Dette pays africains.
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De nombreux pays sont confrontés à trois tpes de dilemmes, ce qui crée une situation complexe à gérer.
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Many African countries face a triple set of dilemmas that are not easy to navigate.
Inflation continues to defy Zimbabwe central bank efforts
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Without governance reforms, Zimbabwe will continue to face an economic crisis.
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Washington’s protectionist industrial policy is fracturing trade and investment flows based on geopolitical considerations.
A food vendor in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The rise in food prices has begun to ease in the country.
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A slowdown in price rises, combined with the shift to less aggressive rate hikes, is good news for the minister’s budget initiatives on growth.
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African countries have few options for responding to the strong dollar. And most are challenging.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greets US Vice President Kamala in Tokyo. Washington is focused on moving close to partners it can trust.
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Africa must focus on building strong alliances with advanced economies to mitigate the steps being taken by the European Union and US.
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Zimbabwe’s central bank should focus on tackling the underlying drivers of inflation rather than blaming the war in Ukraine.
Children queue for porridge in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe during the height of the COVID pandemic.
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A return to debt sustainability will create room for African policy makers to stave off risks to the post-pandemic recovery.
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Las compañías están trasladando su producción a los países desarrollados. Esta tendencia está poniendo en peligro el progreso alcanzado en las últimas décadas en la reducción de la pobreza mundial.
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Companies are moving their production back to developed countries. This is jeopardising the decades-long progress in global poverty reduction.
Bringing vaccine manufacturing closer to Africa to speed up supply is important for building capacity in the region.
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After addressing the issue of vaccine supply, closing gaps in logistics performance is critical to changing the course of the pandemic in Africa.
This fall will see a change in the ways college students participate in campus activism, experts suggest.
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Three experts weigh in on how college students will be taking activism from the streets to online this fall.