If financial literacy increasingly means digital literacy, then the women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh seem well-positioned. But adoption of digital financial services is not a guarantee of access to ...
The South Asia Finance Facility for Acceleration and Leverage, or SAFFAL, is a climate accelerator and investment-ready finance platform backed by the Massive Earth Foundation. It is delivered under ...
Fintech innovations in digital and mobile lending are reshaping the microfinance sector, dramatically increasing reach and lowering costs.
Egypt Tightens Oversight of Digital Financial Platforms. . Egypt's financial regulators have moved to tighten oversight of digital platforms operating in the countr ...
The EAC's mobile money interoperability initiative shows promise, with regulatory harmonization and regional pilot programs paving the way for broader adoption. However, sustained collaboration among ...
Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Delic of Serbia recently announced that the Serbian government is reviewing a law that will allow for microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the country to lend directly to ...
Incofin, a Belgian investor in lower-income countries, has invested INR 350 million (USD 4.3 million) to take an equity stake of undisclosed size in Varashakti Housing Finance (VHF), a firm active in ...
The multilateral Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently announced a syndicated funding package of USD 41 million for the Bank of Maldives Plc (BML) to support tourism and other sectors. ADB syndicated ...
Many families in low- and middle-income countries send their kids to low-cost private schools because the government is not meeting the need. However, many of these schools are not registered as ...
From the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP): Yikri wins European Microfinance Award 2023 for its commitment to addressing the complex challenges of food security and nutrition in Burkina Faso.
Oikocredit, a Netherlands-based cooperative, recently lent USD 5 million to Yellow, a Uganda-based supplier of pay-as-you-go solar electricity products and systems, to expand its operations in ...
The authors of this paper assess the evolution of the green inclusive finance sector from 2011 to 2019. This encompasses products offered by a range of types of financial ser­vices pro­viders (FSPs), ...