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Funding for Research on Access to Energy, WASH, and Food Security for MFIs and Suppliers
The project will entail market studies with rural households in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa, to investigate the nexus between energy access, access to WASH, and food security.
Regulatory Innovation Advances in the Face of COVID-19
While COVID-19 may have wreaked havoc across financial services, according to a recent report the pandemic has driven the urgency to prioritize and actively deploy fintech initiatives by regulators.
CGAP CEO Greta Bull: All Humanity Can Benefit from the Digitization of Finance
Investing in digital finance can build a better future for the poor, says the CEO of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor.
Innovation Fund for COVID Response and Recovery Through Savings Groups
The SEEP Network is excited to announce a challenge fund to support innovations in gender-intentional COVID response and recovery efforts related to Savings Groups.
AFD Loans $356M to IFAD to Assist Rural Farmers
AFD loans $356M to IFAD to assist rural farmers in developing sustainable agriculture, accessing microfinance, fighting hunger, responding to climate change, enduring COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual European Microfinance Week 2020 Wraps Up - Taking Stock of the Impact of 2020 and Discussing How to 'Build Back Better'
European Microfinance Week, for the first time entirely online, concluded Friday with a fireside-style conversation on the implications of the events of 2020 for the future of financial inclusion.
CGAP, Symbiotics Partner to Monitor COVID-19’s Impact on Microfinance
The partnership will track and analyze the performance of hundreds of microfinance institutions across the world over the next six months, in an ongoing effort to shed light on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the microfinance sector.
“Past Imperfect; Future Tense”: Online European Microfinance Week 2020 Begins, for a Financial Inclusion Sector with Much to Discuss
EMW brings together all branches of the industry, including e-MFP’s own members, to discuss trends, innovations, challenges and opportunities in inclusive finance in developing countries.
The Pandemic Is Spurring Fintech Regulation Across the Globe
Fintechs that adequately handle this increasing regulatory oversight will demonstrate their maturity.
COVID-19: Remittance Flows to Shrink 14 Percent by 2021
Remittance flows to low and middle-income countries are projected to fall by 7 percent, to $508 billion in 2020, followed by a further decline of 7.5 percent, to $470 billion in 2021.