Denmark is planning to use a cryptocurrency to provide humanitarian assistance, the first such instance of a donor state using blockchain technology for humanitarian efforts. To this end, a report …

Equity Group Holdings Ltd.’s FinTech Unit is in discussions with six Ethiopian banks to collaborate on cross-border mobile payments and e-commerce. The company, acting via its wholly-owned subsidiary Finserve Africa …

Although there have been many exciting advancements to further financial inclusion in the Arab world in the last 15-20 years, 60% of the adult population in the region’s developing countries …

Many countries are switching to a digital economy as a way to better fight shadow businesses and crime, increase control over flows of money and reduce the responsibilities that come …

There is a large unbanked population in Africa that does not use formal banks or semiformal microfinance institutions. This has provided an opportunity for MyBucks to step in and fill …

Investments in underfunded space, especially for SME lending, are important for increasing financial inclusion. And managing director of Creditease’s FinTech Value Chain Fund, Anju Patwardhan, understands this. For that reason, …

The United Kingdom (UK)’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled some new proposed measures following a post-implementation review of its crowdfunding rules. The FCA says it has observed “some poor …

The era of open banking has come, and it is already starting to change the rules of the game for financial institutions around the world. As this trend continues, it …

As Russian financial institutions increasingly offer consumers more and more mobile services, the process of obtaining a mortgage will also become faster and less stressful. In fact some, including Deputy …

We live in a world where startups are emerging everywhere thanks to the idea of aggregated information. For example, to buy a car, you no longer have to go from …

The Bank of England is conducting a full review of its interbank payment system, including studying the possibility of transitioning to an updated version of the real-time gross settlement service …

Russia’s Post Bank has introduced a mobile app for children aged 8-14 as a way of teaching them how to make educated financial decisions. The app allows the children to …

US-based POPin Video Banking has teamed with mobile firm MEA Financial Enterprises to integrate the POPin platform into MEA’s Android and iOS digital banking applications. According to POPin, the partnership …

According to FIS, British digital banks outperform traditional ones when it comes to overall customer satisfaction. In a survey of more than 1,000 customers, 76% of digital bank customers said …

Biometric identification is gaining in popularity in Russia. In the near future in fact, it is expected that customers of Russian financial institution will be able to open an account …

Google is adding a chat feature to its Tez payment app in India, allowing users to directly communicate via the app itself. Google launched Tez last year and claims to …

Much attention has been given to the fact that Russia is considered as a top 5 country in terms of digital banking in Europe. Until now, however, most of this …

Citi bank has updated its mobile app for iPhone with several features as part of the bank’s effort to be a nationwide digital bank. Perhaps the largest change is that …

The Berlin-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Bitbond will soon allow its customers to receive loans in bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies around the world. This will help the company bypass the …

Amazon is partnering with Bank of America as part of an effort to expand its lend-tech program for small businesses that sell on Amazon. Amazon Lending is an invitation-only program …