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Responsible Finance Means Listening to our Clients
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FINCA Launches Pakistan’s First Ever Digital Wallet
FINCA launches Pakistan’s first ever free digital wallet SimSim which will enable smartphone users to instantly open an account with FINCA and transact digitally.
FINCA Impact Finance CEO Andrée Simon on the Potential and Limits of the FinTech Revolution
In a recent article published on Thomson Reuters Foundation, FINCA Impact Finance CEO Andrée Simon explains that while the fintech revolution has an important role promoting financial inclusion, financial services providers must be mindful of socially responsible practices to protect these new borrowers and savers.
Financiera FINCA Nicaragua issues its first multi-denominational bond offering
Financiera FINCA Nicaragua is pleased to announce the registration of a $10 million bond program, with the first issuance of one- and three-year bonds worth $1.1 million USD.
IFC, The MasterCard Foundation and FINCA Support Expansion of Financial Inclusion in the Democratic Republic of Congo
IFC and The MasterCard Foundation announced a cooperation agreement with FINCA DR Congo valued at $1 million to expand access to credit and digital financial services for low-income people and small-scale entrepreneurs.
EFL and FINCA Partner to Provide Innovative Credit Scoring in Latin America
In August 2016, FINCA, a leading global microfinance and social enterprise network, and Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL), an alternative credit scoring company, partnered to improve individual lending and expand access to financial services in Latin America.
FINCA and First Access Announce World’s Largest Microfinance Fintech Collaboration
FINCA and First Access, whose technology predicts the credit risk of borrowers in informal markets, announced a new collaboration that will create the largest and most sophisticated alternative credit-scoring approach by a microfinance institution in the world.