The Taipei Exchange (TPEx) has launched a Sustainable Bond Market (SBM) listing its first three tranches of social bonds- green, social and sustainability bonds. Social bonds are debt instruments that raise money for social projec...
The American Bankers Association, in collaboration with five financial services trade groups has released a whitepaper on the challenges and opportunities for financial inclusion for the unbanked and underbanked in the United Stat...
Industry association Financial Health Network(FHN), has announced the recipient for the Health Visionary Award 2021. Queen M
A bill that aims to enhance protection of children against online sexual abuse and exploitation (Senate Bill No. 2209 or the proposed Special Protections against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) Law) is now...
The US Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed against Facebook with claims that the platform provided material support to terrorists by hosting their content. The case was brought by the family of five Americans who were injured o...
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the way we live, work, and operate, very few start-ups across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have managed to escape the repercussions of this pandemic. Some sectors have...
According to a report, Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern announced that the government will launch a contact tracing app, which can be best described as a 'digital diary'. As the country is set to relax its confinement ...
Three new policy initiatives were announced by the Ghanaian Ministry of finance to buttress financial inclusion and promote digital development in Ghana. The National Financial Inclusion and Development Strategy, in collaboration ...
The Ghanaian Ministry of Finance unveiled the government's financial inclusion vision that hinges on building a highly digitised payment system to accelerate economic development and promote inclusiveness. A number of policy frame...
Ghana's Ministry of Finance has presented the government's vision for an integrated payment system whose goal is to increase financial services to all. The digital financial services policy includes a payment service known as Cash...
Amid the COVID-19 isolation, extended curfew, and limited public transportation services in Senegal, many started looking for groceries online in Dakar, and in response, Club Kossam is offering online milk products, vegetables, fr...
In response to COVID-19 crisis, Mastercard pledged to bring a total of 1 billion people and 50 million micro and small businesses into the digital economy by 2025, with a special focus on providing 25 million women entrepreneurs w...