These advancements are expected to create over 1 million new jobs and generate an additional ETB 57 billion in tax revenues by 2028.

Visa is joining forces with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve access to digital government and payment systems across the world.

The $20 million facility will boost financial inclusion for individuals and small businesses in Kenya’s most underserved regions that serve as a home to hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people from countries across Africa.

Supporting financial regulators to develop policies that close the gender gap in financial inclusion; building the women’s leadership pipeline in regulatory organizations.

Mastercard introduces Connect Plus, a data-consent command center, and new enhanced identity and device intelligence features.

Al Tadamun Microfinance Foundation, a leader in financing micro-enterprises for women, announced that it had signed an agreement with the Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) to renew a credit facility agreement worth EGP 150m.

Fingular, a Singapore-based global neobank, is getting ready to rapidly launch an innovative digital lending business in Bangladesh through a strategic partnership with a local licensed Non-Banking Financial Institution, with a goal to accelerate financial inclusion.

The training will touch base on microfinance institutions’ diversification of financial products, risk mitigation mechanisms, the importance of selling insurance products for microfinance institutions and how to develop such products.

The report highlights CARE’s commitment to supporting women’s economic power, market systems change, and scaling proven models, all while fostering local partnerships for sustainable progress. 

The bank plans to hire 75 community managers by 2030 to serve areas with limited banking access.