The Award is given to individuals who have shown unparalleled leadership in building a more accessible and inclusive financial system, and who seek to continue to inspire and encourage the next generation of leaders to innovate new solutions for the financially underserved.

Microenterprises and SMEs will benefit from the Social loans to encourage employment creation and business activity in the country.

Women’s World Banking’s Fintech Innovation Challenge provides a global stage to highlight fintech innovations focused on building women's security and prosperity in the face of global inequalities.

Even before the COVID-19 crisis, access to finance was the biggest obstacle for doing business in Armenia. Has it increased following the pandemic?

The loans approved under the COVID-19 Assistance to Restart Enterprises program is said to have benefited 29,816 enterprises in the Philippines.

Digital payment transactions have fallen sharply between April and May after sustaining a rising trend till March, hit by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, through NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has announced the reopening of its portal for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises and households affected by COVID-19 to access up to $70,000.

This $7 million financing for the ongoing Institutional Capacity Building Project will help scale-up activities with the Central Bank of Sao Tome and Principe and support system modernizations as part of the COVID-19 mitigation response.

While enabling the market to do it’s work, the event also aims to explore how the fintech community can make financial services more accessible, understandable and impactful.

The increase in remittances comes despite the impact of the pandemic on wages and employment across the world.