A survey of the policy landscape

A look at opportunities and risks associated with the surge in uptake and use of digital financial services

Research in Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire provides guidance for DFS providers and regulators on how to help ensure that digital tools make women more - not less - financially included. 

Up to 77 percent of consumers in the Kingdom spending more money online since the onset of the pandemic.

ICICI Bank announced that it has transformed its state-of-the-art mobile banking app, iMobile, into an app that offers payments and banking services to customers of any bank.

A microfinance institution, Citygate Global, has unveiled a multi-purpose mobile loan application, Monéé, which was designed to also cater for loan, savings, funds transfer services, investment, bill payment and others.

Egyptian fintech Zeal Rewards has raised a seed investment from an angel investor, it announced in a statement to MENAbytes this week.

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.

This Toolkit is designed to be used by organizations regardless of their experience with digital payments and to inspire and enable organizations new to digital payments to make the switch.

How do inexperienced consumers learn to use a new financial technology?