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      <title>Banking the Unbanked: How Nepal's Fintech Wave Can Reshape Financial Inclusion</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A third of Nepalis still sit outside the formal financial system. From the 2008 crash to COVID-19 to M-Pesa and UPI, here is why fintech could be the bridge, and what it will take to reach the last mile.</description>
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      <title>Globalization 4.0 Meets Bureaucracy 1.0: Why Nepal Risks Missing the Next Tech Leap</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Nepal has built real digital foundations, from near-universal mobile internet to blockchain cash transfers. But weak institutions, a rural divide and bureaucratic inertia could leave it behind in the next technological wave.</description>
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