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International Women’s Day: Simona Haiduc from Opportunity International Talks About Financial Inclusion of Women in Developing Countries
Opportunity International’s Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships elaborates on the initiatives of the organization that has extended support to organizations aimed at offering financial services and digital tools to millions living in extreme poverty.
In a First for India’s Fintech Ecosystem, Kaleidofin Announces Its Board Is Majority Women Led
Its seven-member board now comprises four women board members including Geeta Goel, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Suvalakshmi Chakraborti, Founder Finreach, Treasa Mathew, Omidyar Network, and Sucharita Mukherjee, Co-founder, Kaleidofin.
Driving Women’s Financial Inclusion in Nigeria by Leveraging Agent Networks
The Central Bank of Nigeria, supported by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, developed and launched the Framework for Advancing Women’s Financial Inclusion in Nigeria, aiming to close the gap by 2024.
Financiera Confianza and IFC Sign Agreement to Promote Financial Inclusion With a Gender Approach for Migrants in Peru
The agreement between Financiera Confianza and IFC contemplates the instrumentation of tools that allow a closer knowledge of the needs, challenges, preferences, experiences and aspirations of foreign men and women residing in Peru in everything related to the use of financial services.
KBC Group Launches AI Fintech, DISCAI
DISCAI will initially offer an innovative and high-performance AI-based solution that closely monitors money laundering ("Know Your Transaction" under anti-money laundering regulations).
Software Group Launches Fast-Track Agency Banking to Accelerate Race to Reach Nigeria’s Unbanked
In a statement issued on Thursday, the group said the launch would provide solution to the lack of easily accessible bank branches across the country which has affected about 38 million of unbanked Nigerian adults.
Deadline to Apply Extended for the 2022 Leadership & Diversity Program for Regulators!
The Leadership & Diversity Program for Regulators is now accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Women Entrepreneurs With Microfinance Loans Face Lots of Challenges, With or Without a Pandemic
Microfinance-supported entrepreneurs have exhibited the same resourcefulness that has characterized many other small businesses during the pandemic. At the same time, they face a variety of ongoing challenges.
Discover the EMW2021 Conference Report
Delve into the extensive summaries and full recordings of the EMW2021 sessions covering key topics such as climate change and green finance, social performance, digital financial inclusion, access to health care, impact of and response to COVID-19, women's financial inclusion, client protection and more.
Mercy Corps, LAPO Microfinance Bank Sign 200 M Empowerment Scheme in Nigeria
The scheme is designed to make credit facilities accessible to 90,000 low-income households comprising smallholder farmers and microenterprises in Northeast states of the country.