New Microfinance Centre’s report shows that millions of entrepreneurs across the EU still cannot get the small loans they need to start or grow their businesses.

The eighth edition of the CAF Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF) will select up to eight projects, which will gain access to acceleration and investment-readiness programs, as well as opportunities to connect with investors, financial institutions and other strategic partners.

By leveraging innovative risk management mechanisms, this transaction will help increase the availability of credit for companies with the potential to grow, invest, and create jobs.

A special issue of Economies, an international peer-reviewed open access journal published by MDPI, invites research exploring how geographic and territorial factors shape financial inclusion and economic development. 

The transaction features a novel structure, combining funding provided by institutional investor M&G Investments Ltd, benefiting from a guarantee provided by GuarantCo, with uncovered funding provided by impact funds advised by Symbiotics Asset Management.

The Bill introduces materially enhanced capital, governance and consumer protection requirements, and expands the supervisory powers of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).

The free course delivers practical financial education via text messages, enabling customers to access learning without the need for a smartphone, internet connection or additional cost.

Cerise+SPTF is delighted to announce that registration is still open for the 2026 Global Meeting, the organization's flagship annual gathering, taking place 28 September - 1 October 2026, in Cairo, Egypt.

Ethiopia has taken another step toward implementing interoperable government payments nationwide as public institutions, regulators and payment infrastructure providers convened to operationalize a unified implementation framework aligned with the country’s National Digital Payments Strategy.

CGAP will host a webinar on 24 July on its new Focus Note, Opening the Black Box on the Impact of Inclusive Credit, featuring Sophie Sirtaine, Jemimah Njuki, and Alex Counts. The discussion will look beyond whether microfinance "works" or "does not work" to explore when credit benefits borrowers, under what conditions, and what the evidence shows about meaningful development impact.