Tag: financial inclusion

Global payment and banking firm Dock will integrate the technology to help serve clients, including MSMEs.

Norwegian government-owned Norfund is investing with a view to boost financial inclusion in Vietnam, adding to a list of SeABank’s foreign institutional investors.

In an exclusive interview, Oscar Enrico A. Reyes Jr. shares how the e-wallet is revolutionising digital operations and how his firm plans to tap into previously underserved market segments and countries.

Experts share insights around the value potential of a digital currency, following the HKMA’s publication of an initial report on the pilot.

The Filipino digital subsidiary of Union Bank is advancing its digital transformation agenda in order to improve financing access for SMEs and lower lending costs.

A collaboration between Vemanti, Finastra and Lendscape will expand the financing solutions on offer to Southeast Asia’s community of SMEs. The launch of a new digital bank is set to follow.

The consumer-focussed initiative aims to deliver financial inclusion in Singapore through digital firsts.

The move opens investors to new private credit opportunities and, in turn, promotes access to funding for corporates in the region.

Globally, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) schemes have grown in popularity and Southeast Asia’s regulators have also started to take notice. While many countries are tightening their rules on consumer credit, Singapore is taking a different approach by working with the BNPL community to develop a regulatory framework for the future.

In the latest episode of our Tales from Treasury podcast series, our editor speaks to Jean Lafontaine, global head of funding, M&A and investor relations at Home Credit International.

The Philippines-licensed disruptor bank has appointed a former Google and Meta executive to its leadership team.

In this exclusive interview, BSP deputy governor Mamerto E. Tangonan, discusses the central bank’s roadmap to a cash-light economy, and why this is so important in a country like the Philippines.