Tag: World Bank
Necessity is the mother of disruption: How Indonesia’s Fintech Startups can survive the do-or-die situation of COVID-19
This blog discusses the impact of COVID-19 on FinTechs in Indonesia. It also highlights the coping strategies of start-up FinTechs and provides recommendations for the stakeholders, government, and policymakers to help them survive and catalyze their growth.
Aug 27, 2020
Inclusive FinTechs in Francophone Africa: Togo country report
Togo has ambitious plans to embrace digitization as a lever to modernize the economy and society. To this effect, it has created innovation centers to support the startup industry and provide an environment that allows innovation and research and development. The World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 Report has rated Togo as Africa’s best reformer in 2019.
Jul 14, 2020
Closing the Gender Gap: Opportunities for the Women’s Mobile Financial Services Market in Bangladesh
This report aims to catalyse the financial inclusion of financially underserved Bangladeshi women through improved MFS adoption.
Jul 6, 2018
Progress and Challenges with KYC and Digital ID
The blog highlights the progress and challenges with KYC and digital identification
Sep 4, 2017
Nothing wrong calling financial education “Product marketing”
Financial education and product marketing alliance – Can it be the same thing? Find out the relationship between the two here.
Jun 10, 2013
Risk Management Poverty Scoring Part 1
In this video series-1, Mark Schreiner, Director, Microfinance Risk Management, explains what exactly poverty scoring means and how could it benefit MFIs
Sep 6, 2010