Where does Myanmar’s fintech industry stand after its first decade?

Central banks in Africa are responding to COVID-19 by investing in practical solutions that bring disadvantaged groups into formal financial services, accelerating their ability to recover and build resilience against future crises.

A Q&A with World Bank economist Dilip Ratha on the job losses and travel restrictions affecting migrants around the world.

A federal stimulus program to combat the recent economic downturn is pushing more community banks to embrace financial technology partnerships.

As the world continues to face economic turmoil resulting from the COVID-19, communities in Zambia are turning to informal savings groups to cushion the impact of the pandemic.

Brighter Investment Investor Relations Manager Belinda Kuglenu argues that although school closures, rising unemployment rates and falling wages may result in delayed distributions to investors, the outlook for "long-term returns remain strong."

Microfinance startup Lupiya has received an investment of $1 million from a US Venture Capital fund Enygma Ventures.

The value of transactions on the Unified Payments Interface, a platform created by India’s largest banks in 2016, reached an all-time high last month as people feared to handle banknotes amid the pandemic.

This tie up highlights Western Union’s efforts to strengthen presence in the Philippines, which has been recognized as the fourth-largest remittance recipient country in 2019 according to the World Bank.

TradeCore’s aim is to handle and accelerate the back-end processes and technological integrations, such as regulation compliance, so the emerging fintech can focus on growing its business.