Tag page - Microfinance and financial inclusion

Astra Tech (Astra), MENA’s leading consumer technology holding group based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signed Tuesday, July 18, a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire a 90 percent stake in Y Finance, a licensed financing company operating in the Philippines, as it commits to develop...

FROM THE MARGINS Once touted as something of a miracle cure for global poverty, microfinance used to be a high-profile and generously-funded development intervention. In recent years, however, support for the sector has dwindled, with development finance institutions moving on to new disruptive...