Digital technology at the heart of the strategic orientations of microfinance institutions.

It has gathered over $18 million in donor funding for deploying over 140 technical assistance projects, ranging from governance, product development, sustainability, social performance, digital financial services, green energy and agriculture finance.

Gathering 36 members, InFiNe.lu brings together key stakeholders from the public, private and civil society sector to leverage the considerable knowledge available in Luxembourg to foster the deployment of inclusive finance worldwide.

The overall program objective is to increase the productivity of the participating actors in the agricultural value chains particularly affected by climate change.

The two countries are looking towards financial sector digitalization. A conference slated for June in Zurich seeks to do just that. 

Founded in 2016 in Nigeria, the San Francisco-headquartered, specializes in individual and consumer transfers, one of several fintech firms aiming to facilitate and capitalize on Africa’s booming payments market.

Papers exploring the relevance of financial technologies in facilitating access to financial services in Europe will be especially valued.

With this launch and with an ongoing collaboration with Mercy Corps, Payrail Agency hopes to offer a bouquet of services to solve diverse business needs and challenges of small holder farmers.

This collaboration will enable the last-mile consumers in Nepal to reap the benefits of an open interoperable payments system driving immediate payment transfers between bank accounts and merchant payments in real-time.

The coalition said it had exceeded its initial target by 40 percent, while development finance institutions jointly committed over $5.55 billion of financing of MSMEs in Africa over the period.