As part of measures to cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank Nigeria, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, has disclosed that banks are currently offering customers access to low interest funds.

The National Bank of Rwanda has instructed mobile network operators to waive charges on all transfers with bank wallets, person-to-person and merchant fees on payments.

According to the report, cash on delivery was the leading payment method preferred by online shoppers in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, and other countries in this region, as of 2019.

The transaction will help the company expand its product offerings to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and is designed to support the economic recovery from the COVID-19 health crisis.

Recent weeks have been all about adapting to the unprecedented and rapidly changing context. 

A roundup of the most relevant coronavirus-related news, resources and events from the past week

COVID-19 has brought to the forefront the potential for microinsurance in the Bangladesh market, where over 30 percent live below the national poverty line and insurance penetration is extremely low.

Kenya has undertaken policy reforms that directly benefit many low-income Kenyan households.

Deep household debt might soon push Cambodia into a crisis as job losses caused by  Covid-19 make it even harder for families repay loans, experts and debtors say.

Family remittances received by El Salvador totaled $1,600.7 million in the period from January to April 2020, lower by $173.3 million compared to the same period of the previous year, with a reduction equivalent to -9.8 percent.