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Improving Financial Solutions for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs: A Report Highlights Key Focus Areas for Microfinance Providers
The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women is well-established – and for women micro-entrepreneurs, these impacts are compounded by existing business, financial and household challenges. Brit Heiring at Kiva and Liz Larson at UNESCAP explore how microfinance institutions and other providers can design financial solutions that meet these entrepreneurs’ unique needs. They share data from a report that focuses on the realities facing women micro-entrepreneurs, and explore how financial service providers can effectively support them.
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Malawi Gets $14.2 Million Grant for Financial Digitalisation
The African Development Fund (ADF) and the government of Malawi have signed a grant agreement for $14,2-million to undertake infrastructure upgrades and create a more efficient and transparent digital payment system.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Trace Finance Announces $4.3 Million Seed Investment to Disrupt Global Banking for Latin American Startups
Trace Finance, a Brazilian fintech startup that enables faster and more streamlined cross-border banking for startups, has announced a $4.3 million seed funding round.
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BBVA to Invest $300 Million in Brazil’s Virtual Bank Neon
BBVA has reportedly agreed to invest $300 million (around €263 million) in Neon, a Brazilian digital bank founded in 2016 that aims “to improve access to financial services for individuals, self-employed and small businesses in its country.”
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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Thai Lender Siam Commercial Bank Invests $100 Million in Indonesia’s Akulaku
Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank Pcl announced a $100 million investment in Indonesian fintech startup Akulaku, as part the bank's expansion overseas and into technology.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Led by Three South African Based Entrepreneurs, Stitch Announces $21 Million Series A
API fintech company Stitch, announced a $21 million Series A funding round, led by The Spruce House Partnership.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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NextBillion’s 2022 Reader and Guest Writer Survey: Share Your Views and Help Shape Our Coverage
As an open forum for the development through enterprise sector, almost all of NextBillion's content is guest written. That's why it's important for us to check in periodically with our writers and readers, to get a better sense of how well our coverage is suiting your needs – and what we could do better. To that end, we've put together a brief, six-question survey, and we invite both writers and readers to share your views. Your input will be highly valuable as we work to highlight the businesses, innovations, debates and leaders that are shaping the sector.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Banco Santander, DEG, IDB Invest, Itaú BBA Loan $150 Million to Banco Pan to Boost Digital Financing of Vehicles, Microenterprise, Consumption in Brazil
IDB Invest is leading a loan package totaling USD $150 million for Banco Pan SA, a Brazilian commercial bank, with the aim of increasing access to digital financial services for people with low incomes.
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- Finance
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- Global
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- digital finance
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