India digi money / Afghanistan progress / Japan illegal financing

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Starting with demonetisation, main focus on corruption has now moved to issue of digitising India.  India's Prime Minister extolled the benefits of Digi money and urged citizens to use Digi Dhan as part of his campaign against corruption, emphasising the need for extensively using BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money), a mobile app developed by the National Payments Corporation of India.
Charan Singh/Financial Express: http://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/starting-with-demonetisation-prime-focus-on-corruption-has-now-moved-to-issue-of-digitising-india/643988/

Afghanistan makes progress in fighting corruption, yet enormous challenges remain – new UN report.  While enormous challenges remain, Afghanistan authorities have made headway in their fight against corruption, according to a United Nations report, which also finds that the country is making progress in other areas, such as restoring institutional control over the delivery of public services.
UN News Centre; http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56623#.WQhd2ruGNFQ

Sloppy corporate structure behind Japan bank's illegal financing.  A series of illegal financing cases conducted on a large scale by Shoko Chukin Bank Ltd. resulted from the bank’s sloppy corporate structure and also a lack of self-discipline among its executives and employees who put a positive spin on matters, believing it was acceptable to commit fraud.

The Japan News: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003662322

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