A Client Needs-Centred Approach to Financial Inclusion Measurement
Measuring Progress: Financial Inclusion in Selected SADC Countries
Working methodology in measuring and evaluating the impact of national financial inclusion strategies
Informed Design: A Case Study Series (Lucy)
The second installment in a new case study series from FinEquity on informed design and digital financial services (DFS). This study examines product and service design by Lucy, a neobank for entrepreneurial women—specifically Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore—providing DFS and business-building tools and training through a mobile app to help them start and grow their businesses.
Employment Effects in Impact Investments: Key Insights Emerging Across Studies in Tanzania and in Zimbabwe
The analysis concludes that the investments as part of the joint ILO-EU STRENGHTEN Project triggered an increase in employment numbers along with improved skills of the labor force, management systems of the investee companies, and labor practices.
Singapore: MAS to Host $1.25 Million COVID-19 and Green Finance Challenge
The global fintech challenge aims to offer solutions that can help financial institutions grapple with the existential threats posed by COVID-19 and climate change.
Saudi G20 Presidency and the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub Invite Global Innovators to Find Solutions to the Most Pressing Financial Regulatory & Supervisory Challenges
TechSprint initiative will support the regulatory and supervisory responses against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Singapore Fintech Association and Razer Fintech Partnered to Support Singapore's Fintech Industry Amid the Pandemic
The partnership aims to address key issues facing the industry, including business continuity, lack of funding, and brand awareness.
Zimbabwe: COVID-19 - Zimbabwe's Smallholder Farmers Step Into the Food Supply Gap
Smallholder farmers have long been feeding this Southern African nation by producing the bulk of the country's maize staple, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Singapore Offers More Grants to Help Fintech Firms Ride out Pandemic
The SG$6 million ($3.44 million) grant can be used by local fintech companies to cover their daily working capital expenses and finance new product development work with financial institutions.
Digital Payments — Not Cash — Is Now King in Asia’s Payment Ecosystem
Notwithstanding border restrictions, the region’s digital payments ecosystem is growing as countries collaborate to connect their domestic payment systems.