Last week, the Microfinance Association of Cambodia and the National Bank of Cambodia discouraged the use of physical currency to help curb the spread of the pandemic.

Money transfer companies in the UAE are trying to contribute in their own way to fight the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India by waiving charges to funds being transferred to India’s PM Cares Fund and Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund

The investment will help to keep small and medium-sized enterprises open and preserve jobs, which is critical to sustaining the Bangladeshi economy.

This study describes six business models to address the challenges financial service providers are increasingly facing as a result of digitization and the pandemic.

This case study highlights how the Government of the Philippines (GoP) responded to the pandemic with strong social protection measures. The government program that was created in March 2020 aims to provide cash assistance to 18 million households (over 75 percent of total households) in the country. This case study documents the lessons learned from the implementation of the program, focusing on the digital G2P (government to persons) payment delivery.

Surveys with 51 regulated and non-regulated microfinance institutions were administered to share the impressions on the performance of these institutions in the current context.

The objective of the study is to assess various social protection interventions of the central and state governments during COVID-19 and suggest improvements to the programs.

This Advisory Note sets out M-CRIL's expectation of a four-to-five-year adjustment and recovery period from the COVID crisis, and imagines a road to recovery for the microfinance sector as a whole.

This report shares key insights on investment trends, business model innovations and reach of fintech solutions to underserved communities in emerging markets.

This note summarizes key findings extracted from October 2020 survey responses to gauge the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on financial institutions around the world.