According to Pakistan Microfinance Network, negative effects of the pandemic are obvious since March 2020.

With support from MetLife Foundation, the UNCDF Financial Innovation Lab launched the COVID-19 Financial Health Challenge, focusing on solutions that can help build and improve financial health and resilience of individuals and small businesses.

Overall, remittances to the Asia-Pacific region will drop 12 percent in the second half of 2020 compared with the same period last year, Fitch Ratings says.

The Kenya Bankers Association will work with Huawei to spearhead industry-wide education in fintech innovation, digital transformation, and other ICT-related programs.

Symbiotics has arranged its first bond, the proceeds of which are solely used to finance renewable energy projects.

A new agreement between IFC and the Mongolian Bankers Association will help improve access to funding for 200,000 micro, small and medium enterprises cumulatively over the next five years by developing a vibrant market for value chain finance in Mongolia.

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions, announced the winners of the 2020 ACI Innovation Awards.

UAH funding equivalent to EUR 20 million to be on-lent in local currency to small farmers and producers to support economic recovery during COVID-19 crisis.

IFC has updated its first-of-a-kind online climate impact measurement platform to make it easier for financial institutions to assess the climate eligibility of their investments and estimate the development impact of their climate-related activities.

All the government repatriation schemes had excluded undocumented migrant workers, leaving them to languish in COVID-19 hit labor destination countries.