The surge in unregulated and predatory microfinance practices has made many individuals at the grassroots level vulnerable to ...

Instead of a focus to enhance household resilience, support income stability, and enable gradual asset accumulation, microfinance became integrated with the capital markets. The latter led to the ...

A report by Human Rights Watch says backsliding on protections is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality ...

Asset quality stabilisation, tighter safeguards and digital infrastructure are expected to revive growth momentum in the sector after FY25 stress ...

By Kizito CUDJOEThe central bank is facing calls to tread carefully as it rolls out new reforms for the microfinance and rural banking sector, amid concerns that poor execution could unsettle a ...

Dar es Salaam. As the government prepares a framework on how small traders will benefit from the Sh200 billion promised within 100 days of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration, the target ...

When FairMoney launched in 2017, its mission was straightforward but ambitious. The company’s founder, Laurin Hainy, saw a Nigeria where millions of people ...

Budget 2026 shifts India’s growth focus to NBFCs, strengthening MSME financing, informal sector lending in India, financial ...

Some suspects were placed in detention in Tunisian prisons, while investigations into money laundering crimes are ongoing ...

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) clarified on Wednesday that there is no proposal under consideration to discontinue the ...

In 2025, Africa’s technological landscape entered a critical inflection point. What began years ago as a tentative exploration of digital capabilities, pilot projects in mobile-money, isolated cloud ...