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SKS Microfinance Limited to go for image makeover
HYDERABAD: Battered by the AP MFI crisis, SKS Microfinance Limited, India's sole listed microfinance company said it had roped in one of the leading global marketing strategists Jack Trout to revamp its image.
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Western Union expands mobile transfer network
An old-line American cash-based money transfer operator is expanding its channel offerings and embracing mobile in a big way.
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Agent banking in Nigeria: Long wait to ‘hit the ground running’
In August 2013, approval requirements for financial institutions wishing to key into Nigeria's agent banking business were released. Where are we now?
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The Grocers’ Great Trek
A sluggish home market is pushing South Africa’s big retail chains northward.
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Coalition of Public, Private and Civil Society Leaders Unveils Roadmap to Financial Inclusion
Financial Inclusion 2020 today announced the launch of the Roadmap to Financial Inclusion, a series of recommendations designed to expand access to quality financial services globally.
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It’s Time to Move Underserved U.S. Latinos Into the Financial Mainstream
Half of the 52 million Latinos living in the U.S. are financially underserved -- this is an economically unsustainable situation, and it's time to make a change.
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MasterCard Promotes Financial Inclusion With Electronic Payments
While payment cards are often promoted as premium status-driven consumer products in the United States and Europe, in developing countries debit cards are proving valuable for delivering child benefits, pension payments and government salaries.
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Microloans Typically Used to Alleviate Poverty Abroad Surging in Silicon Valley
When Silicon Valley small businesses needed an influx of cash, and fast, they didn't find help at a bank. They turned instead to a type of financing more commonly associated with buying a sewing machine for a Guatemalan tailor or a tractor for an African farmer. Microlending, a decades old form of financing for the world's poorest, is now booming in Silicon Valley.
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