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CFIT launches Financial Inclusion Coalition to develop inclusive payments solutions

The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology is working with Project Nemo on its fifth Coalition, with an initial focus on devloping a Supported Payments framework that will e...

House of Commons Treasury Committee report on the financial inclusion strategy

On 14 July, the House of Commons Treasury Committee (the Committee) published a report on HM Treasury’s (HMT’s) financial inclusion strategy. Background The committee previously la...

The Rise of Microfinance and Inclusion in African Payments

In Copenhagen at the Temenos Community Forum, Santhosh Rao, Managing Director, MEA, Temenos and Mitchell Elegbe, Group CEO, Interswitch joined FinextraTV to share their insights in...

Latin America’s Financial Inclusion Problem Was Never Just About The Technology (Rajeew Vishvakarma)

The technology illusion For over a decade, financial inclusion in Latin America has often been frame...

HKMA Calls on Banks to Offer Basic Banking Access to Higher-Risk Customers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued new guidelines urging authorised institutions to offer basic banking services to residents assessed as presenting higher complian...

DFS reiterates its commitment towards promoting accessible, inclusive financial services for all including PwDs

New Delhi, May 21: On the occasion of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2026, the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, Government of India, reiterat...

OPay drives financial inclusion as Nigeria targets 95% access by 2028

OPay is increasingly being recognised as a key enabler of Nigeria’s drive towards a more inclusive and digitally connected economy as the country targets 95 per cent financial incl...

Households in the South show the highest multi-service digital financial services adoption at over 70%, compared to the...

Survey of 4,000 Bharat households across 18 districts and 7 states finds that access to formal finance needs to move from counting accounts to building financial resilience for Ind...

Steps initiated for expanding fintech-based doorstep banking for Rajasthan villagers

A campaign titled ‘Sahakar Se Samriddhi’ (prosperity through cooperatives) has made new facilities available to the villagers for financial transactions and disbursal of loans.

Keeping microfinance’s revival well-funded

The new credit guarantee fund offers a crucial lifeline to a sector that is indispensable in meeting financial inclusion goals

Inclusion in Finance: Designing for disability is a leadership imperative for financial services

Disability is entering a new phase in the UK, one that moves beyond inclusion as an initiative and towards system design as a leadership priority.

Cardoso Unveils Payments System Vision 2028, Targets 95% Financial Inclusion

• Links payments infrastructure to GDP growth, initiative seeks to add 15 million Nigerians into formal financial system, curb electronic fraud, others  •New payments framework str...

PalmPay drives financial inclusion for Kaduna, Kano women

PalmPay boosts financial inclusion in Nigeria by empowering over 2,000 women traders in Kano and Kaduna with digital banking and financial literacy skills. Read More: https://punc...

Inclusion in Finance pushes for diverse financial services leadership with Elevate programme

Inclusion in Finance has launched a leadership programme to help ethnically underrepresented financial services professionals progress to executive posts.

Banks need AI for faster onboarding

Digital inclusion outpaces financial literacy; AI can strengthen fraud detection

Have Malaysia’s Digital Banks Delivered on Financial Inclusion? | Hildah Hamzah, Deputy CEO, GXBank

87% of GXBank’s small-business borrowers had never held a loan before. Deputy CEO Hildah Hamzah explains how the bank reaches them and still makes money. Hildah Hamzah is Deputy CE...

Have Malaysia’s Digital Banks Delivered on Financial Inclusion? | Hildah Hamzah, Deputy CEO, GXBank

87% of GXBank’s small-business borrowers had never held a loan before. Deputy CEO Hildah Hamzah explains how the bank reaches them and still makes money. Hildah Hamzah is Deputy CE...

CBN Targets 95% Financial Inclusion With New Digital Payments Roadmap

The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched an ambitious strategy aimed at expanding financial inclusion, strengthening digital payments, and accelerating the country’s transition tow...

CBN targets 95% financial inclusion, faster money transfers by 2028

CBN said the vision will modernise the national payments infrastructure in intra-African trade. The bank added that the vision will accelerate regional commerce and enhance export...

The Growing Importance of Financial Literacy in an AI-Driven World (Sakshi Negi)

Financial literacy has always played an important role in helping people make informed decisions abo...

Woori Financial Group expands inclusive lending push for young adults, lower-credit borrowers

Woori Financial Group is ramping up efforts to expand support for young adults and lower-credit borrowers, positioning inclusive finance as a broader social safety net, the group s...

HiFS 2026: Upgrading Four Major Digital Finance Solutions to Accelerate Financial Institutions Toward Agentic Banking

NBFCs allowed to take part in Apna Ghar scheme

Access to housing finance becomes easier for underserved, non-banking segments

Loma Bank expands digital finance access for SMEs

Loma Bank partners with Liberty Hub to provide embedded finance, digital accounts, and loans to over 11,000 SMEs, boosting financial inclusion in Nigeria. Read More: https://punch...