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Triodos Financial Inclusion Funds Provide Finance to OnePuhunan
Looking at the client base of OnePuhunan, most women entrepreneurs are active in the trading sector, such as sari-sari stores and small grocery stores.
IFC and National Bank of Samoa Partner to Expand Financial Inclusion
The National Bank of Samoa (nbs) is developing a suite of new banking products that would benefit women entrepreneurs and improve remittances in Samoa with the support of IFC and the New Zealand Government.
Philippines: Community Bank Champions Women’s Empowerment Through Financial Inclusion
Since adopting the UN Sustainable Development Goals as part of its sustainability framework in 2010, BDO has reported that 66 percent of its micro, small, and medium enterprises clients for BDONB are women-owned as of 2022.
Innovative Gender Bond Series Uplifts Rural Women to Drive Climate Action in Asia
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations Capital Development Fund partnered with Impact Investment Exchange to support rural women entrepreneurs across the region to access affordable and well-regulated financial services.
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.
Visa Committed to Financial Literacy and Women’s Empowerment in Cambodia
Visa has recently implemented several successful initiatives that demonstrate its commitment to support the government’s mission to elevate financial literacy and inclusion among women and young people across Cambodia.
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.
Women Entrepreneurs With Microfinance Loans Face Lots of Challenges, With or Without a Pandemic
Microfinance-supported entrepreneurs have exhibited the same resourcefulness that has characterized many other small businesses during the pandemic. At the same time, they face a variety of ongoing challenges.
Fintech Lender Amartha Bags $28M From Women's World Banking to Fund Indonesia's Microentrepreneurs
WWB Capital Partners II is the second gender-lens investment fund established by Women’s World Banking aiming to close the gender gap by investing in high-performing financial service providers that serve low-income women.
Indonesia Startup Bags $50M for Lending to Rural Women
Amartha will use the funds from US-based Lendable to encourage women micro entrepreneurs.