
Financial inclusion has a big transparency problem
The majority of financial institutions say they’re keen on financial inclusion, but lack of transparency is preventing the unbanked from being included. Read more…
The majority of financial institutions say they’re keen on financial inclusion, but lack of transparency is preventing the unbanked from being included. Read more…
PhilSA is deploying satellite internet services for two rural banks in Batangas in a plan to spread financial inclusion to rural areas in the Philippines. Read more…
TRAI has proposed to remove tariffs for USSD-based banking and payment services to boost financial inclusion in India’s rural areas. Read more…
Establishing financial identities for the unbanked across the Asia Pacific would add an extra $75 billion to annual GDP for the region, says a new report. Read more…
At least 1.5 billion adults worldwide do not have access to financial services and, as a result, are not benefiting from financial inclusion. Read more…
Data science can help cellcos leverage data to not only turn prepaid users into long-term customers, but also enable financial inclusion. Across Asia and around the world, mobile network operators (MNOs) face a continuous uphill Read more…
Accenture and Grameen Foundation India announced they have collaborated to develop two new applications that they say help overcome the barriers to financial services adoption among women and other low-income populations in India. Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) Read more…
Telenor Group announced it has reached a strategic partnership agreement with Ant Financial Services Group in Pakistan, under which Ant Financial will invest $184.5 million for a 45% stake in Telenor Microfinance Bank (TMB) to Read more…
Indonesia’s Commonwealth Bank and Mastercard have announced a collaboration to improve financial inclusion for Indonesian women. This collaboration under the WISE (Women Investment Series) program features three key pillars: (1) enhancing formal networks by creating Read more…
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