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Call for Resources: Savings Groups, Women & COVID-19

These key topics of investigation for the Learning Group are Women’s Voice and Leadership, and Strengthening Savings Group Resilience to Shocks.

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Digital Banking Spurs Financial Inclusion in Philippines

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said the establishment of a digital banking framework is particularly relevant as billions of people affected by the pandemic are driving a historic and dramatic shift in consumer behavior.

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Logiq’s New App Supports Financial Inclusion in Indonesia

The app will provide access to the company’s e-Wallet, local food delivery, and other mobile ecommerce solutions, as well as its recently announced mobile fintech platform for microlending, driver’s license testing payments, and mental health consultations.

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Finalists for the European Microfinance Award 2021 on ‘Inclusive Finance & Health Care’ Announced

CRECER IFD from Bolivia, Dreamlopments Ltd. from Thailand and Fonkoze from Haiti announced as finalists for the European Microfinance Award 2021.

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The Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize (AFIIP) Announces the 2021 AFIIP Winners

This year, in preparation for COP 26 and to bring the environment to the forefront of the entrepreneurial discussion, AFIIP also launched a green prize to provide additional resources to financial innovations that can generate green outcomes. 

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The 18th European Microfinance Network Annual Conference to Be Held in Brussels, Belgium

The first physical event of this dimension for the microfinance sector since the pandemic began, this next edition will focus on the essential: networking and bringing people back together.

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Haiti: Central Bank Offers Housebuying Program With Easy Process to Fasten Recovery Efforts

Haiti's Bank of the Republic is reducing the credit risk of microfinance institutions that will further enable financial institutions to provide more microloans to the small businesses and individuals as the nation examines various long-term recovery options.

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Orange Partners With Ericsson to Drive Financial Inclusion in Africa

Under this partnership, Orange will deploy Ericsson's Mobile Financial Services solution - Ericsson Wallet Platform - across fourteen of the countries in the region where Orange Money is available, starting with Senegal. 

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Cash In On E-Kyash: New E-Wallet App Launch by Wallet Factory to Help the Underbanked in Belize

The Belize Bank Limited—along with a fintech solutions provider, Wallet Factory—are the first in the region to launch a digital wallet app providing access to online banking services for Belizean customers.

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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and French Agency Tie up to Boost Financial Inclusion in the Philippines

The grant from the French Development Agency is expected to enhance the BSP’s initiatives to empower marginalized sectors in the Philippines by providing them access to financial products and services.