All News and Announcements
Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize Returns for a Third Edition
AFIIP is offering prizes of up to $60,000 in cash and technical support to ideas, products and services that can improve financial inclusion in the region.
Launching the Pilot Phase of Eamar Microfinance as the First Digital Microfinance Platform in Yemen
The initiative aims to help clients and communities by providing blended financial and non-financial digital services including advisory services, training and more to assure ease of access to e-money and transfers for its customers.
YCASH Enrolls in New Partnerships with Humanitarian Agencies and Deploys Humanitarian Transfers Platform and a National Digital Wallet
The Humanitarian Transfers Platform enables humanitarian agencies to execute transfers directly to their interventions beneficiaries without a third party.
Mastercard Partners with Central Bank of Iraq to Advance Digital Payments
The aim of the partnership is to boost financial inclusion, encourage socio-economic development, mitigate the risks of a shadow economy and accelerate the growth of a cashless society.
UAE Central Bank Extends Economic-Support Program Until Mid-2022
Banks can draw on the facility to provide new loans and financing to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, and other private corporates affected by the virus fallout.
Agricultural Bank of Egypt Expands "Bab Rizq" Microfinance Programme to 150 Branches
The program aims to increase income, improve livelihoods in rural areas and achieve financial inclusion for female breadwinners.
YCASH Door to Door Payment Method as a Response for COVID-19 and Humanitarian Context in Yemen
The National Cash Transfer Company piloted the Door to Door Payment method as a response to the new challenging context and a preventive measure for coronavirus-related risks.
Banque Populaire Launches Microfinance Program for Moroccan Women
The announcement came on International Women’s Day, a worldwide celebration of womanhood and femininity and a focal point in the global movement for women’s rights.
MoneyGram Advances Mobile Wallet Capabilities with Five-Year Extension to Ooredoo Qatar Partnership
Renewal enables MoneyGram and Ooredoo customers to continue to send money in near real-time to family and friends through Ooredoo Money Wallet.
EIB Lends $3M to Microfund for Women (MFW) for Entrepreneurs in Jordan
These loans are intended to support 9,100 people, 90 percent of whom are women, whose livelihoods have been threatened by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.