Tag: World Bank

Banks and financial institutions are increasingly facing scrutiny for blanket de-risking — a practice designed to mitigate exposure to financial crime but which often...

At the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in April 2025, LSEG and Eurasia Group convened a closed-door roundtable to examine the reshaping of...

Zepz, previously known as WorldRemit, a trailblazer in the money transfer sector, has successfully raised $267m.

Israeli startup GEOX, which specialises in leveraging artificial intelligence for real estate risk analysis, has announced a successful $19m Series A funding round.

A joint report by the CPMI, the BIS Innovation Hub, the IMF and the World Bank is considering the possibility of multilateral platforms for cross-border payments.

The World Bank has declined to help El Salvador with the integration of Bitcoin into its currency system highlighting concerns around the environment and transparency.

The World Bank will provide the Commonwealth of Dominica with $75m to assist in transformation of the country's digital economy.

Figopara, which enables businesses to get loans for their invoices, has reportedly raised $1m in its second funding round.

World Bank investment arm IFC is aiming to help plug the Series A-plus funding gap in southeast Asia through a commitment to Jungle Ventures $150m-targeting third fund.