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09-Apr-18 Indian beauty and wellness firm VLCC is expanding, with plans to add 50 new training institutes to its existing 70. VLCC also has plans to foray into new markets such as Canada, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Oman and Bangladesh. [image: BCCL]
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09-Apr-18 India's largest mortgage lender Housing Development Finance (HDFC) is in advanced talks to acquire Apollo Munich Health Insurance for INR1,000 crore (USD153 mn). Apollo Munich is the second largest standalone health insurance provider in India after Star Health. [image: The Economic Times]
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07-Apr-18 The Indian government is set to officially launch the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection programme on 14-Apr-18. The scheme will give the country's people access to quality treatment within a limit of INR500k (USD7,700) per family. [image: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana]
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06-Apr-18 Cryptocurrency real-time gross settlement company Ripple is targeting three prominent overseas money transfer companies in order to put the company’s blockchain technology to the test. MoneyGram was the first to start, and Western Union was quick to follow. [image: Adobe Stock_PaymentsSource]
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06-Apr-18 CardUp users can now pay for recurring cash expenses like taxes and rent via credit card. The development follows its seed funding round of USD1.7 mn, led by Sequoia Capital and Seedplus. [image: Fintech Singapore]
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