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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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GCash and Mayani Join Forces to Boost Financial Inclusion in Philippine Agriculture

Finance super app GCash has entered the agrifintech sector through a partnership with Mayani, an agri-fisheries platform connecting smallholder farmers and fishers to buyers.

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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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$300 Million ADB Loan to Boost Philippines’ Financial Inclusion Goals

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $300 million policy-based loan to support the Philippine government in creating a stronger institutional and policy environment to help expand access to financial services.

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Orion Innovation Empowers Cebuana Bank's Vision for Financial Inclusion in the Philippines

Orion Innovation is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Philippines-based Cebuana Lhuillier Bank in its transformative journey towards financial inclusion and modernized banking services.

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IFC and Philippine Central Bank Pave the Way for Banking Transformation With Launch of Open Finance PH Pilot

This initiative aims to help the unbanked—particularly those who lack documentation—build a financial profile and credit history and, over time, access loans and other services that were once out of reach.

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World Bank Lending $600 Million to Philippines to Support Financial Sector Resiliency

The loan aims to strengthen the financial sector’s stability, integrity, and resilience; expand financial inclusion especially for MSMEs; and help climate and disaster risk finance.

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UNO Digital Bank Partners With Trusting Social to Offer Lending Services to Filipino Consumers

By offering a frictionless and friendly lending experience, the firm aims to empower traditionally underserved Filipinos to achieve their goals and bring them into the formal and secure financial ecosystem.

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IFC’s First Investment in an NBFI in the Philippines to Support Women-Owned Small Businesses, Drive Post-COVID Recovery

The funding will allow Esquire, a market leader in the unsecured small and medium enterprises loan segment, to grow its loan portfolio and better serve women-owned SMEs during and after the global pandemic.

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Philippines: IFC, IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund, and IFC Emerging Asia Fund Invest in Voyager Innovations to Expand Digital Financial Services

The investment will enable Voyager to grow its platform and offer integrated, end-to-end digital financial services to consumers, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and large enterprises.