Uganda hoping to Prosper with clean energy initiative
Clean energy and financial inclusion are coming together within an innovative social enterprise, BrightLife.
Financial Inclusion
Fintech: changing lives and promoting inclusion across the globe
164 million migrant workers and 800 million people around the world today are directly supported by remittances.
Impact investing can unlock the potential of blockchain in Africa
Blockchain can have an exponential positive impact on the lives of low income communities in Africa.
UBX and Temenos to deliver inclusive digital banking to Philippines
The aim is to reach millions of people over the next five years.
Financial inclusion focus: smallholders, big dreams
An ambitious vision for raising smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty through applying technology.
Finca Impact Finance Tajikistan in new core banking system search
Finca Impact Finance Tajikistan looks to replace Oracle FSS’s Flexcube with new tech.
Two keys protecting the privacy of the underbanked in Asia
Functionality and security are two ideals that should go hand-in-hand.
Interview: Mark Gabriel, Sunrise Banks – on a financial wellness mission
How partnerships with fintechs can help in the quest to service the underserved.
Top ten fintech opinion pieces in 2018
Great minds share their views and ideas on all things fintech.
Migrants bank Rebtel targets US launch
Swedish bank is for an “overlooked and undervalued customer in mind – migrants”.
UN’s fintech task force fired up for sustainable development
United Nations calls on banks and firms to get digital finance flows to SDGs.
TAB Finance signs for Oradian’s cloud-based core banking system
Oradian is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) banking technology provider based in Croatia.
Core banking tech developer Riby secures funding from Microtraction
Riby has developed a cloud-based core banking system for African co-ops and credit unions.
UK challenger bank MoneeMint secures funding
Aspires to be the UK and Europe’s first completely digital ethical bank.
Tez Financial Services lands $1.1m investment
The first fully digital non-bank microfinance company in Pakistan.
IFC and Ant Financial launch programme for talent development
Starting in Indonesia, the programme will target APAC countries.
VisionFund International to standardise core banking tech with Musoni
VisionFund Myanmar will be the first site in the Musoni’s tech roll-out across VFI.
Goldman Sachs leads $52m funding round for JUMO
Goldman Sachs, Proparco and Finnfund come on board as JUMO’s new investors.
An overview of neobanks in Latin America
To tackle financial inclusion, LatAm’s banking industry needs to undergo changes and disruption.
The power of partnerships for tackling financial inclusion
We need to find new and innovative ways of solving big social issues.
Fintech: the driving force behind financial inclusion and empowerment in developing economies
Fintech start-ups are thinking “solution” to the benefit of millions people.
How we banked a billion people and what to do next
Financial inclusion has advanced where governments have prioritised it.
How blockchain will transform retail lending
The potential gains and benefits to global economics and society are on the horizon.
Ant Financial turns to Standard Chartered for blockchain payments
Standard Chartered becomes core partner bank.
Standard Chartered Hong Kong to apply for virtual banking licence
To grab a share of the digital and financial inclusion markets.
US banking app CapWay readies to launch
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
Finca picks Autosoft’s core banking system for Pakistan
Autosoft’s Autobanker beats Oracle’s Flexcube and Temenos’ T24 to the deal.
India’s P2P lender Faircent first for RBI’s NBFC-P2P certification
Acronyms unleashed as firm gets non-banking financial company licence.
UK personal finance app Elifinty preps for launch
For people who see no way out.
African payments firm Cellulant raises $47.5m
Helped by The Rise Fund – marking its debut on the continent.
Global Findex 2017: financial inclusion on the rise but gaps remain
Globally, 69% of adults – 3.8 billion people – now have an account at a bank or mobile money provider.
Central Bank of Sri Lanka preps fintech regulatory sandbox
Central Bank of Sri Lanka is asking stakeholders to share their views by 31 May.
FNB to launch m-wallet for South Africa’s underbanked
FNB estimates the size of the market for its m-wallet service at over 11 million people.
DFS Lab and Gates Foundation invest in four African fintech start-ups
Four start-ups received $200,000 funding from DFS Lab, supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Ant Financial teams with IFAD for rural economy development
Partnership aims to reduce rural poverty in China and other developing countries.
Fintech funding round-up: 18 April 2018
Stars MFS Africa, Tala, Funding Societies and HelloGold.
First official bank comes to Malawian refugee camp, Dzaleka
The organisers describe the initiative as a “world-first”.
Nigerian lendtech Fint unleashes loan marketplace
Calls itself the nation’s “first loan marketplace”.
Three big trends on display at FinovateSpring 2018
FinovateSpring is a little less than a month away.
Top fintech stories this week – 13 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
