The partnership will track and analyze the performance of hundreds of microfinance institutions across the world over the next six months, in an ongoing effort to shed light on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the microfinance sector.

EMW brings together all branches of the industry, including e-MFP’s own members, to discuss trends, innovations, challenges and opportunities in inclusive finance in developing countries.

Mastercard plans to take Juvo’s platform to financial institutions across Latin America and the Caribbean. The companies said the service could potentially help open up banking services to millions of customers.

AFC started implementing three new projects in fall this year that aim to promote financial sector soundness and access to financial services by individuals.

The program will enable credit unions to facilitate loan origination, approvals, disbursements, and deposits digitally.

European Microfinance Week, for the first time entirely online, concluded Friday with a fireside-style conversation on the implications of the events of 2020 for the future of financial inclusion.

Symbiotics, the leading market access platform for impact investing, has arranged its first Sustainability Bond, that is also the first such bond in Armenia, by raising about $10,700,000 in local currency for ARMECONOMBANK OJSC.

Subordinated debt totaling $30 million to strengthen capital base and boost bank’s ability to provide local businesses with much-needed financing.

AFD loans $356M to IFAD to assist rural farmers in developing sustainable agriculture, accessing microfinance, fighting hunger, responding to climate change, enduring COVID-19 pandemic.

Kenyans transacted 528.9 billion shillings (about $4.9 billion) on their mobile phones in October as usage rose considerably amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new Central Bank of Kenya data showed.