Private Asset Impact Funds Show Resilience in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Forecast Double-Digit Growth in 2021
Tameo's 2021 Private Asset Impact Fund report analyzes a subset of the impact investing universe, focusing on fund investment strategies that target emerging and frontier markets, with a development finance impact bias.
Mastercard Opens Fintech, Cybersecurity Innovation Lab in Beersheba
The new center will focus on ransomware, digital identity and authentication, platform security, and fraud prevention.
TenureX and Elucidate Unite to Increase Financial Inclusion Worldwide
The mission of the strategic partnership is to tackle the laborious and outdated approach taken by correspondent banks when onboarding respondent banks and managing the periodic review process of counterparties.
MicroRate's Top Rated MFI List 2021
MicroRate congratulates all of these entities for the remarkable effort in terms of Institutional and Social Performances, even in the face of an adverse context in the places where they operate.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and French Agency Tie up to Boost Financial Inclusion in the Philippines
The grant from the French Development Agency is expected to enhance the BSP’s initiatives to empower marginalized sectors in the Philippines by providing them access to financial products and services.
Cash In On E-Kyash: New E-Wallet App Launch by Wallet Factory to Help the Underbanked in Belize
The Belize Bank Limited—along with a fintech solutions provider, Wallet Factory—are the first in the region to launch a digital wallet app providing access to online banking services for Belizean customers.
Orange Partners With Ericsson to Drive Financial Inclusion in Africa
Under this partnership, Orange will deploy Ericsson's Mobile Financial Services solution - Ericsson Wallet Platform - across fourteen of the countries in the region where Orange Money is available, starting with Senegal.
Haiti: Central Bank Offers Housebuying Program With Easy Process to Fasten Recovery Efforts
Haiti's Bank of the Republic is reducing the credit risk of microfinance institutions that will further enable financial institutions to provide more microloans to the small businesses and individuals as the nation examines various long-term recovery options.
The 18th European Microfinance Network Annual Conference to Be Held in Brussels, Belgium
The first physical event of this dimension for the microfinance sector since the pandemic began, this next edition will focus on the essential: networking and bringing people back together.
The Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize (AFIIP) Announces the 2021 AFIIP Winners
This year, in preparation for COP 26 and to bring the environment to the forefront of the entrepreneurial discussion, AFIIP also launched a green prize to provide additional resources to financial innovations that can generate green outcomes.