Mastercard and RISE Mark Significant Progress in Wage Digitalization Project, Reaching 24,000 Garment Workers Across Egypt
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and RISE announce significant progress of their joint wage digitalization project in Egypt, which aims to enhance financial inclusion and resilience among garment workers.
EBRD and Consortium of Investors Acquire Egypt’s Tamweely Microfinance
The acquisition will support Tamweely’s domestic growth strategy and boost its competitiveness and resilience, enabling it to become one of the country’s leading microfinance providers.
Increasing Financial Inclusion in Egypt’s Garment Sector through Responsible Wage Digitalization: Benefits for Workers and Business
This report sets out the results from supporting nine factories in five governorates in Egypt with over 24,000 workers with wage digitalization and enabling workers to access, use and benefit from their accounts.
CIB, ADIB Egypt Promote Financial Inclusion With Youth-Focused Services
The initiative aims to raise awareness among young people about digital literacy, enhance digital financial inclusion, and encourage youth to join the financial sector and benefit from banking products and services.
Microfinance Solar Loans: For Pakistan, This Can Be a Sustainable Road Ahead
Mobilink Bank is actively promoting climate finance in Pakistan, enabling individual borrowers and SMEs to access financing for solar energy products.
The IMF Has Raised the Alarm Bell on Pakistan’s Microfinance Sector. Where Does It Stand?
This concern is not new; the microfinance sector has been grappling with severe challenges for a couple of years.
Open Finance Self-Assessment Tool and Development Roadmap
This technical guide introduces the open finance self-assessment tool and development roadmap. It provides practical tools for policymakers to use to decide whether to implement an open finance regime to advance financial inclusion.
Egypt-Based Fintech MNT-Halan Acquires Advans Pakistan Microfinance Bank
Advans Pakistan Microfinance Bank Limited, the target of the acquisition, represents the Pakistani branch of the renowned Advans Group, a leading international microfinance group with operations spanning nine developing countries.
South Africa's Sava and Mastercard Partner to Support Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises
Through the partnership, the two entities will provide small businesses in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt with an online platform, powered by SAVA’s Payment Transaction System, that includes digital bank accounts and accounting integration tools.
Ericsson, Telenor Microfinance Bank Strengthen Partnership to Propel Easypaisa Financial Services
Ericsson and Telenor Microfinance Bank have signed a multi-year extension of their partnership to propel easypaisa’s financial services offerings and expand the horizon of their service portfolio within the fintech sector in Pakistan.