Archive for the ‘humanities’ tag
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Microloans, microfinance, microcredit, banking and insurance
www.globalchange.com Women’s self-help groups. Microloans and microfinance schemes. Financial security. India new bank and financial institutions. Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Africa, Asia, Latin America, Mexico. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.
Symposium on Islamic Finance
One of today’s leading Islamic scholars and Chairman of Guidance Residential’s Sharia Supervisory Board, Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Usmani talks about money as something having no intrinsic value in Islam and how this major factor begins to differentiate Islamic finance from conventional finance.
Mobile phones and banks, banking transactions future trends
www.globalchange.com Banks will become phone companies and telecom companies will become banks. Mobile payment systems, micropayments, mobile phone credit card transactions and loans. Economic impact of remittances from foreign workers using SMS credit to avoid foreign exchange transaction costs. How biometrics fingerprint technology will allow large mobile phone payments. Commissions and interest charges on loans. Impact of revenues from American Express, Visa, Delta, Access, Mastercard …
