Brazil’s central bank has authorized testing of payments via Facebook Inc’s messaging service WhatsApp in the country easing an outright ban on the service imposed last month.

Singapore is planning an online and physical fintech festival amid the spread of the coronavirus across the globe.

This is an opportune time to take a close look at what tools exist in agricultural risk management that can be deployed both to address the current crisis and to build resilience for the future.

CFI will transfer the wealth of implementation resources created by the Smart Campaign to trusted industry partners, enabling CFI to continue playing a catalytic role focused on the risks to low-income customers in the rapidly changing inclusive finance landscape.

The facility has been provided under IFC’s Small Loan Guarantee Program (SLGP), a programmatic approach to risk-sharing that aims to strengthen the capacity of financial institutions to finance SMEs in low-income countries.

Many expats have been sending money as part of their preparation to return home due to joblessness abroad.

Moody’s said the fall in remittances could further widen the current account deficit of the Philippines and other countries.

Investment of $15 million bolsters funding base for important economic pillars.

Global Islamic Banking and Finance learning series is launched by AlHuda CIBE.

A global drop in remittances by migrant workers due to the coronavirus-induced recession will raise credit risk in countries most dependent on such inflows.