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Visa and World Bank Group Announce New Risk-Sharing Initiative to Expand Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets
Under the agreement, IFC will share credit settlement risk for Visa transactions associated with enrolled financial institutions, enabling these institutions to connect more underbanked consumers and small businesses to digital payments.
World Bank Group Launches Initiative to Help Local Financial Institutions Expand Digital Payments in Emerging Markets
The new IFC initiative initially provides up to $700 million in guarantees to cover a portion of the credit settlement risk, thus enabling more institutions to offer innovative and reliable digital payment services to more customers, including small business owners, women entrepreneurs, and people historically shut out of the formal financial system.
Asia Fintech Forum 2026 to Convene Regulators, Bankers and Fintech Leaders in Kuala Lumpur on 2 October
Inaugural forum from Singapore's Responsible Fintech Institute, title-sponsored by Remi Technology, puts AI, stablecoins and financial inclusion on a single agenda.
2.3 Million Businesses Need Microfinance: EUR16.5 Billion Is Missing
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.
CAF Seeks Startups to Advance Financial Inclusion in the Silver Economy
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.
World Bank Group and BBVA Close Their First Significant Risk Transfer Transaction to Expand SME Financing in Mexico
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.
Call for Abstract for Special Issue: "Spatial Dimensions of Financial Inclusion: Inequalities, Territories and Economic Development"
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.
Symbiotics-Arranged Transaction Combines Institutional and Impact Investors to Finance Cashew Processing Plant in Côte d’Ivoire
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.
Kenya: Microfinance Bill, 2026 – Key Implications for Microfinance Banks
The Bill introduces materially enhanced capital, governance and consumer protection requirements, and expands the supervisory powers of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
MOGO Kenya Expands Financial Inclusion with SMS-Based Literacy Program
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.