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.
Symbiotics Investments Supports the Digitization of Traditional Money Circles in Egypt Through a Loan to Money Fellows
Symbiotics Investment granted Money Fellows, an Egyptian fintech, a $2.25 million loan to digitize money circles and expand its operations locally.
The Digital Transformation of Small and Micro-Businesses in Bangladesh
This report provides an analysis of the second phase of the Build Back Better—Enhancing Recovery and Resilience of Small and Micro-Businesses (SMB) project in Bangladesh since 2020.
Money Purse Handbook
This handbook examines the potential of digital transformations for last-mile financial inclusion institutions like self-help groups and how that can impact their efficiency and accountability.
Business Intelligence: A Bedrock of Successful Digitization in Microfinance
Microfinance institutions that successfully generate value for their business and customers through digitization anchor these efforts in business intelligence. This Technical Note outlines an approach for improving business intelligence with interventions that require minimum or no investment in technology.
Central Bank Digital Currencies: Five Lessons From Three Trailblazers
Experiences from the Bahamas, China and Nigeria help illuminate the rocky path for other central banks interested in implementing their own digital currencies.
Micro and Small Enterprises Get Their Own Digital Ambassadors in Colombia
Approximately 16 million people in Colombia depend on income generated from micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Digital platforms and tools can help them grow, but uptake and use is impeded by diverse challenges.
MFI Digitization in Central America’s Northern Triangle: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper presents findings from a study to assess microfinance sector digitization, and shares valuable recommendations to prepare the sector for the potential digital divide ahead.
Steven Duchatelle, CEO of Advans Group, on His Company's Digital Transformation
This podcast shares Advans' experience of digital transformation, how it drives efficiency and customer outreach, along with potential obstacles to such transformation and the impact on Advans' social mission.
Mastercard Partners DFC to Boost Digitization and Financial Inclusion in Africa
The collaboration will see Development Finance Corporation support potential investments of up to $50 million in organizations within the Mastercard Community Pass network.