Uganda hoping to Prosper with clean energy initiative
Clean energy and financial inclusion are coming together within an innovative social enterprise, BrightLife.
Clean energy and financial inclusion are coming together within an innovative social enterprise, BrightLife.
164 million migrant workers and 800 million people around the world today are directly supported by remittances.
Blockchain can have an exponential positive impact on the lives of low income communities in Africa.
The aim is to reach millions of people over the next five years.
An ambitious vision for raising smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty through applying technology.
Finca Impact Finance Tajikistan looks to replace Oracle FSS’s Flexcube with new tech.
Functionality and security are two ideals that should go hand-in-hand.
How partnerships with fintechs can help in the quest to service the underserved.
Great minds share their views and ideas on all things fintech.
Swedish bank is for an “overlooked and undervalued customer in mind – migrants”.
United Nations calls on banks and firms to get digital finance flows to SDGs.
Oradian is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) banking technology provider based in Croatia.
Riby has developed a cloud-based core banking system for African co-ops and credit unions.
Aspires to be the UK and Europe’s first completely digital ethical bank.
The first fully digital non-bank microfinance company in Pakistan.
Starting in Indonesia, the programme will target APAC countries.
VisionFund Myanmar will be the first site in the Musoni’s tech roll-out across VFI.
Goldman Sachs, Proparco and Finnfund come on board as JUMO’s new investors.
To tackle financial inclusion, LatAm’s banking industry needs to undergo changes and disruption.
We need to find new and innovative ways of solving big social issues.
Fintech start-ups are thinking “solution” to the benefit of millions people.
Financial inclusion has advanced where governments have prioritised it.
The potential gains and benefits to global economics and society are on the horizon.
Standard Chartered becomes core partner bank.
To grab a share of the digital and financial inclusion markets.
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
Autosoft’s Autobanker beats Oracle’s Flexcube and Temenos’ T24 to the deal.
Acronyms unleashed as firm gets non-banking financial company licence.
For people who see no way out.
Helped by The Rise Fund – marking its debut on the continent.
Globally, 69% of adults – 3.8 billion people – now have an account at a bank or mobile money provider.
Central Bank of Sri Lanka is asking stakeholders to share their views by 31 May.
FNB estimates the size of the market for its m-wallet service at over 11 million people.
Four start-ups received $200,000 funding from DFS Lab, supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Partnership aims to reduce rural poverty in China and other developing countries.
Stars MFS Africa, Tala, Funding Societies and HelloGold.
The organisers describe the initiative as a “world-first”.
Calls itself the nation’s “first loan marketplace”.
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