JCB Co Ltd (JCB) is leveraging Asia’s leading fintech player, Soft Space Sdn Bhd’s (Soft Space) technological expertise to develop the Tap on Mobile program that capitalizes on Android smartphones.

Decentralized peer-to-peer crypto trading platform CryptoLocally and blockchain-powered on-demand digital finance and payment platform, Sesacash, will be working together to address the many challenges confronting African nations in the financial sector.

In social protection and emergency programs like many social assistance payments emerging in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, G2P payments are often the main point of contact of programs with recipients. 

The growth of FinTech and the stagnancy of the gender gap in financial inclusion has brought about new and creative approaches to using technology to improve women’s access to financial services. In this webinar, we talked to two organizations - DFS Lab and UNCDF - who have recently organized competitions around women-focused FinTech, and discuss the sustainability, expectation and stimulus of such initiatives. 

50 nations promised cash to fight Covid-19, but few, like India and Bangladesh, are doing it right. India’s trinity of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, and mobile communications — or JAM — can work wonders if it is used extensively to reform citizen–state engagement.

Cross-border retail payments and prospects for the Arab region

How digital solutions can help governments deliver cash transfers

How can policy makers in emerging and low-income countries support workers and households during crisis?

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on cash-in/cash-out agents and recommendations to support them

Taking measures to bolster trust in cash