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Singapore: MAS to Host $1.25 Million COVID-19 and Green Finance Challenge
The global fintech challenge aims to offer solutions that can help financial institutions grapple with the existential threats posed by COVID-19 and climate change.
India: Paytm Deepens Micro-Credit Foray as Other Firms Shy Away
Paytm ties up with Non-bank financial institutions (NBFCs) to use past-transaction data to assign credit limits for loans for daily purchases of grocery, retail goods.
Digital Lending Post COVID: How Micro-Credit Holds the Key for Small Merchants, Customers to Bounce Back
Credit and Finance for MSMEs: Digital lending platforms with the principles of financial inclusivity will emerge as the heroes of the financial crisis.
Grameen Foundation, J.P. Morgan Deliver COVID-19 Relief in the Philippines
Supported by J.P. Morgan, the program will provide immediate relief and longer-term recovery support to 3,500 women entrepreneurs running microenterprises.
Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF) Joins the Inclusive Fintech 50 (IF50) Investor Circle
The aim is to make early-stage fintechs more visible to investors and others who can help them grow and have a noticeable impact on the more than three billion financially underserved people.
Coronavirus Brings Asia's Booming Online Lending Sector to Juddering Halt
The UK-based company shuttered its India business on 13 April as 10 out of 14 lending partners withdrew their products within three days of the launch of a nationwide lockdown.
How Banks Can Work with Fintechs to Meet Evolving Digital Payments Needs
With the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the need for new and evolving digital payment services has become even more urgent.
India: May Digital Payments See an Uptick, Indicating Revival in Economic Activity
Digital payments saw a revival in May, after the government granted some relaxation during the third and fourth phases of the lockdown.
Contactless Self-Service Lockers Now Available for Financial Institutions
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, FTSI, an independent provider of branch and digital transformation solutions for financial institutions, has introduced a new product, Smart Lockers for Banking.
Overseas Filipino Workers in UAE Can Now Send Money Home for Free, Thanks to Gcash-Denarii Cash Tie-Up
Both Denarii Cash and GCash share the same commitment of offering convenient and affordable financial services to Filipinos.