Tag: Financial Inclusion

Avista, a leading FinTech company specialising in lending and insurance solutions for the payroll and pension markets in Colombia, has secured a new investment to expand financial inclusion for the country’s Silver Economy.

Revolut has expanded its investment options in the UK, launching Stocks and Shares ISAs and a suite of UK-listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) to give customers more ways to build wealth.

The Payments Association has highlighted the need for stronger diversity and inclusion initiatives across the payments industry, as PridePay, the LGBTQIA+ focused payment app from Cardaq, steps forward as headline sponsor of Pride in London 2025.

Wave Mobile Money, a mobile-first FinTech company transforming how Africans manage and move money, has secured €117m in debt financing to deepen its reach across the continent.

Vestwell has launched a new retirement savings solution tailored for participants in Amazon’s Delivery Service Partner (DSP) programme, aiming to expand access to financial security for delivery associates across the US.

Onafriq has launched a new cross-border payment service in Ghana in partnership with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), aiming to streamline regional money transfers and strengthen intra-African trade.

Malaysian FinTech firm Instapay Technologies has successfully closed a $3m Series A2 funding round, backed by a consortium of U.S.-based family offices and existing investor ACA Investments Pte Ltd, a Japanese investment firm headquartered in Singapore.

Mastercard and Thailand’s National ITMX (NITMX) have announced the extension of their long-standing collaboration to further enhance PromptPay, Southeast Asia’s leading real-time payments platform.

More than half of senior professionals in the UK’s financial services sector now expect their leadership to reduce emphasis on environmental, social and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments.

Jaja Finance has partnered with open banking specialist D•One to improve how it assesses credit applications using consumer transaction data.