Regulation of Branchless Banking in Mexico

Ibrahim Eid, whose Valify solution won the 2019 Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize, explains how e-KYC works and how a digital identity can give customers access to financial services.

By Arabic FinDev Gateway

Over 164 million migrant workers make a living in a foreign country, and almost 26 million refugees have been forced to flee due to conflict. Unfortunately, while migrant workers are on the move, their data is not, often preventing them from accessing financial services or better jobs. Developing a digital identity system is one potential solution to this problem.

By Tim Nourse, Making Cents International

This study aims to quantify the progress made in the development of digital financial services in sub-Saharan Africa.

By Elsevier