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Publication Sep 2024

Assessing the Impact of High-Quality Microfinance Programs

This study underscores that high-quality microfinance-plus programs can positively impact client income and assets even under adverse conditions.

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Telenor to Divest Wave Money, Exit Myanmar Mobile Banking

The sale of the stake for $53 million in cash values Wave Money at $104 million and is set to be finalized in the coming days, according to people close to the deal.

Publication Sep 2021

Business Her Own Way: Creating Livelihoods Through Informal Online Commerce

This Focus Note outlines the characteristics of informal online commerce (IOC), maps the personas of the women who engage in it, and provides guidance to funders looking to support women to generate livelihoods through IOC.

Publication Jul 2021

Microfinance Clients Facing the COVID-19 Crisis: From Findings to Action for MFIs

This publication presents the main results of MFI client surveys in seven countries (Bhutan, Myanmar, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Cape Verde and El Salvador), as well as the concrete measures taken by MFIs to meet the needs expressed by their clients.

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Central Bank of Myanmar Issues Remittance Licenses to More Local Companies

City Express Myanmar and Money King were granted remittance licenses on 5 January.

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Bank-Genie Partners With Cufa to Roll-Out Digital Banking for Myanmar Credit Unions

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

Publication Oct 2020

A COVID Microfinance Liquidity Tour of Asia

Cross country data and analysis on different types of microfinance service providers

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Microfinance Firms in Myanmar Struggle to Stay Afloat in Second Wave

Government travel restrictions and orders to defer repayments and lower interest rates on loans due to COVID-19 have reduced the ability of Myanmar’s microfinance companies to help rural people who desperately need capital.

Publication Aug 2020

An Assessment of Policy and Regulatory Constraints and Enablers to Women’s Financial Inclusion in Myanmar

In-depth review and analysis of existing policies and regulations accompanied by a literature review

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COVID-19 Is Boosting Fintech and Mobile Money in Myanmar, but What’s Next?

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