Since adopting the UN Sustainable Development Goals as part of its sustainability framework in 2010, BDO has reported that 66 percent of its micro, small, and medium enterprises clients for BDONB are women-owned as of 2022.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations Capital Development Fund partnered with Impact Investment Exchange to support rural women entrepreneurs across the region to access affordable and well-regulated financial services.

Seedstars, the global tech and entrepreneurship catalyst, has called on global fintechs to help drive financial inclusion for women migrants and their families in Asia, MENA, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Visa has recently implemented several successful initiatives that demonstrate its commitment to support the government’s mission to elevate financial literacy and inclusion among women and young people across Cambodia.

The funding will allow Esquire, a market leader in the unsecured small and medium enterprises loan segment, to grow its loan portfolio and better serve women-owned SMEs during and after the global 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.

WWB Capital Partners II is the second gender-lens investment fund established by Women’s World Banking aiming to close the gender gap by investing in high-performing financial service providers that serve low-income women.

Amartha will use the funds from US-based Lendable to encourage women micro entrepreneurs.

The investment is expected to lead to over 10,000 more people gaining access to finance by 2024, of which over 75 percent will be women.