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Latest news and analysis on World Bank (66 items)

12 Jan 2024
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Project Promissa launched to test tokenisation for promissory notes
23 Feb 2023
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Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO Banga for World Bank president
19 Jan 2023
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BIS explores multilateral platforms for cross-border payments
25 Nov 2022
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Regulators are urging fintechs to boost financial inclusion – CCAF
23 Nov 2022
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Regulators prioritising fintech initiatives to boost financial inclusion - study
28 Sep 2021
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World Bank's Call To Action: Fintech Firm Voices Heard Through COVID-19 FinTech Market Impact Study
20 Sep 2021
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CCAF, World Bank and World Economic Forum call on fintechs to uncover Covid-19 impact
05 Aug 2021
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World Bank's IFC invests $10m in FintechOS to boost financial inclusion
20 Jul 2021
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CCAF, World Bank, World Economic Forum launch second Covid-19 fintech impact study
16 Jun 2021
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UN International Day of Family Remittances: 2020 beats forecasts
08 Jan 2021
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Regulatory innovation advances in the face of Covid-19
03 Dec 2020
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CCAF, World Bank, WEF: Covid-19 caused uneven growth across fintech
01 Dec 2020
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CCAF, World Bank, World Economic Forum study into Covid-19 impact on fintech: A sneak peek
24 Nov 2020
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EBAday 2020: Digital payments should be synonymous with convenience
29 Oct 2020
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Covid-19 spurs fintech regulation innovation - study
23 Jul 2020
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World Bank's tailored advice for fintechs post Covid-19
06 Jul 2020
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Investigating Covid-19's impact on Global FinTech
15 Jun 2020
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CCAF, World Bank, World Economic Forum launch survey to research fintech’s role post-Covid-19
15 Jun 2020
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CCAF, World Bank and the World Economic Forum investigate Covid-19's impact on global fintech
22 Apr 2020
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World bank predicts sharpest decline in remittances in recent history
16 Apr 2020
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Fintech to spur financial inclusion
27 Jan 2020
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Visa joins $80m Currencycloud funding round
11 Sep 2019
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Demica to provide technology platform for IFC’s Global Trade Supplier Finance programme
20 Aug 2019
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World Bank issues second tranche of blockchain bond
16 May 2019
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World Bank and CBA record secondary bond trading on a blockchain
02 Apr 2019
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DLT ready to drive widespread disruption in cross-border payments
07 Mar 2019
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World Bank signs for SimCorp Dimension
31 Jan 2019
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Absa Innovation Lab to host World Bank's Mission Billion Challenge
11 Oct 2018
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IMF and World Bank unveil Fintech Agenda
24 Aug 2018
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World Bank raises $110 million with blockchain managed bond
10 Aug 2018
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CBA and World Bank collaborate for DLT bond issuance
26 Apr 2018
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Mastercard and IFC renew financial inclusion programme
26 Apr 2018
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World Bank reports record growth in remittances
20 Apr 2018
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Mobile money drives financial inclusion but gender gap persists
18 Jan 2018
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IFC becomes anchor investor in $100 million Partech Africa startup fund
08 Nov 2017
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Mobile lender WeLab scoops $220 million in financing
07 Jun 2017
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IFC Invests in LMRKTS
19 May 2016
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World Bank selects Asset Control for data management
22 Apr 2016
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Remittances edge up slightly in 2015 as more banks pull back
16 Apr 2015
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World Bank reports big drop in numbers of unbanked
09 Oct 2014
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Remittance costs in the spotlight as values grow
15 Jul 2013
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IFC invests $7 million in SafetyPay
23 Nov 2012
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World Bank calls for payments deregulation to boost remittance flows
19 Jul 2012
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Mobile phone access reaches three-quarters of planet's population
30 May 2012
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IFC invests in Russian data centre operator IXcellerate
20 Apr 2012
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75% of world's poor unbanked but mobile phones revolutionising access
13 Jun 2011
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IMF breached by cyber attackers
08 Apr 2011
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Three billion dollar virtual economy to fuel developing countries - World Bank
23 Feb 2011
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World Bank taps former Safaricom boss for mobile money expansion
08 Oct 2010
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World Bank kicks off 'apps for development' comptetition
17 Sep 2010
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CGAP/World Bank stata show financial access on the rise
04 May 2010
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World bank and Gemalto ink MoU on digital security for developing countries
29 Apr 2010
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World Bank announces 'Apps for Development' competition
02 Dec 2009
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Multilateral Development Banks call for climate change action
12 Nov 2009
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Google mashes up World Bank data
15 Sep 2009
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World Bank calls for financial services expansion in emerging markets
26 Jun 2009
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European Investment Bank and IFC form emerging markets risk database consortium
12 Jan 2009
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Wipro banned from World Bank contracts
13 Nov 2008
Feature
Go slow for remittance flows
14 Oct 2008
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World Bank under siege from hackers