Tech firms see the opportunity they’ve been waiting for as shoppers and business recoil from paper money. Who’s hurt when legal tender goes away?

The lockdown has brought the collection operations of microfinance institutions (MFIs) to a halt, as about 95 percent of the loan repayments are still done through cash.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic Russians are stocking up on cash.

This will help firms below investment grade access the liquidity tap since such joint effort would typically enhance their credit rating.

Vodafone has sold M-Pesa to South African and Kenyan telecoms companies Vodacom and Safaricom, which are targeting further expansion for the leading African fintech brand.

FINCA International mobilized to address the needs of the most vulnerable in the countries where it works, launching the FINCA Emergency Response Fund.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, provided Banco General, S.A., a loan of $150 million for mortgage lending for low and middle-income families in Panama, at the end of 2019.

MFIs are hopeful of bouncing back as the stakeholders feel there will be pent-up demand for loans after the lockdown restrictions are lifted.

The question that people have right now is: Which lenders were denied access to the CRBs by the Central Bank?