JICA Signs a Loan Agreement for a Project to Promote Financial Inclusion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Honduras
The project aims to improve access to finance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), including women-owned businesses, in the Republic of Honduras.
Exploring Bangladesh’s Experience in Women’s Financial Inclusion, Sex Disaggregated Data and Digital Financial Services
Participants from 35 member institutions in 32 countries attended the Joint Learning Program in Dhaka, which explored how to develop and implement policies on disaggregated data and innovative digital financial services in order to enhance women’s financial inclusion, drawing on Bangladesh’s experience.
Ceniarth Leads $10 M Commitment to Deetken Impact’s Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund
The investment from Ceniarth together with an aligned donor-advised fund will boost gender lens investing in Latin America & the Caribbean. Photo courtesy of Ilu Fund investee Acceso Financiero El Salvador.
IFC Invests in Asialink to Boost Small-Business Lending in the Philippines
IFC’s investment will help AFC in expanding its financing for MSMEs, with at least 60 percent of loan proceeds earmarked for women-owned or led MSMEs (WMSMEs).
Toronto Centre is Accepting Applications for 2025 International Women's Day Scholarships
Applications close on Friday, 28 February 2025. Winners will be announced on social media on International Women's Day.
Symbiotics and VisionFund Issue $10 Million Bond to Support Livelihoods of Marginalized Women
This partnership enhances financial access for vulnerable populations across more than 25 countries, fostering economic empowerment with a focus on underserved communities worldwide.
RBI’s innovation Arm, IIMA Ventures Launch Startup Program for Women’s Financial Inclusion
The program is currently inviting applications from startups working on gender-inclusive financial solutions, targeting those with a demonstrable minimum viable product and having received pre-seed to pre-Series A funding, or generating revenues or traction.
IFC Lends $460 Million to Daycoval to Support Small and Medium Enterprises, Focusing on Female Entrepreneurship and the Legal Amazon
IFC and Banco Daycoval, one of Brazil's leading mid-sized banks in the corporate credit market, have just signed a $460 million loan agreement to stimulate credit for female entrepreneurship and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), particularly in the Legal Amazon region.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Launches Policy Framework to Enhance Women Financial Inclusion
The policy framework mandates that in next five years 70 percent of all new clients onboarded by the NBFMCs shall be women.
CreditAccess Grameen Enters Into Co-Financing Arrangement With DEG and Citi
This long-tenor co-financing arrangement is one of its kind in the Indian microfinance industry, representing a significant step in strengthening CA Grameen's funding profile to further its mission of providing affordable financial services to women entrepreneurs across India.