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Visa and GSMA Foundation Launch Financial Inclusion Project

The five-year initiative aims to advance digital financial inclusion for 20 million people, especially women, small holder farmers, and nano, micro and small enterprise owners across low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Blockchain Firm Jia Records $2M in Microfinance Originations in the Philippines, Kenya

Blockchain plays a pivotal role in the success of this microfinancing model, from transparency, security, and efficiency to serving as a strategic tool in capital markets and global financial inclusion.

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Visa and Oxfam America to Explore Bringing Pre-Disaster Financial Support to the Philippines, Kenya, Colombia, and Puerto Rico

Visa recently teamed up with Oxfam America to serve as a payments partner in the Philippines, Columbia, Puerto Rico and Kenya.

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Seedstars Financial Growth Program to Boost Financial Inclusion for Women Migrants

Seedstars, the global tech and entrepreneurship catalyst, has called on global fintechs to help drive financial inclusion for women migrants and their families in Asia, MENA, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Swiss Impact Investor responsAbility Raises $106M for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Fund

This investment solution aims to provide long-term financing to innovative agribusinesses with the goal of mitigating climate change, reducing food loss and promoting climate change resilience in their value chains.

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British International Investment and Symbiotics Partner to Launch First-ever Green Basket Bond Across Africa, South and Southeast Asia

The green lending program will direct much-needed financing to small-scale green projects across Africa, South and Southeast Asia through local MSME banks.

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Symbiotics Launches $15 Million Green Bond for Greenlight Planet

Greenlight Planet will use the proceeds of the Green Bond to finance supplier advances, inventory and customer lease structures for pay-as-you-go solar home systems.

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New IFC Initiative Helps Banks in Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Egypt Scale Climate Finance

The program is designed to increase climate lending by participating banks in Egypt, Mexico, the Philippines, and South Africa to 30 percent of their portfolios by 2030.

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United Nations Federal Credit Union Partners With Thunes for Mobile Money Transfers

The collaboration enables UNFCU members to transfer money to mobile wallets in select countries in local currencies.