Financial inclusion will play an important role in Indonesia’s recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

ICICI Bank announced that it has transformed its state-of-the-art mobile banking app, iMobile, into an app that offers payments and banking services to customers of any bank.

A microfinance institution, Citygate Global, has unveiled a multi-purpose mobile loan application, Monéé, which was designed to also cater for loan, savings, funds transfer services, investment, bill payment and others.

Egyptian fintech Zeal Rewards has raised a seed investment from an angel investor, it announced in a statement to MENAbytes this week.

The SEEP Network is excited to announce a challenge fund to support innovations in gender-intentional COVID response and recovery efforts related to Savings Groups.

An endeavor to address a critical gap in affordable green housing in India will benefit scores of low-income borrowers, including women.

AFD loans $356M to IFAD to assist rural farmers in developing sustainable agriculture, accessing microfinance, fighting hunger, responding to climate change, enduring COVID-19 pandemic.

Kenyans transacted 528.9 billion shillings (about $4.9 billion) on their mobile phones in October as usage rose considerably amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new Central Bank of Kenya data showed.

The global financial inclusion ranking of the Philippines slipped further this year despite improvements spurred by the government’s need to promote digital channels as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

At a time when the world economy was hard hit by the ongoing pandemic, improvement in Nepal’s remittances inflow has made it easier for the government to operate.