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- 9 Dec 2020
Mastercard, Financial Access Initiative Partner to Enable More Small Businesses Benefit From Digital Economy
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Financial Access Initiative (FAI) at New York University have announced the launch of The Small Firm Diaries, a global research initiative that will…
- 19 Apr 2017
World Bank, GSMA Collaborate on Universal Financial Access Initiative
The World Bank Group has welcomed the GSMA, the global body representing nearly 800 mobile operators and 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, to its coalition of partners committed to…
- 25 Jul 2024
Moniepoint Strengthens Efforts to Broaden Financial Access Through Collaborative Initiatives
Moniepoint Inc, Africa’s fastest growing financial institution according to the Financial Times has underscored the importance of a collaborative and holistic stakeholder approach in advancing the…
- 3 Dec 2014
Access Money: How Airtel is Driving Financial Inclusion
A 2012 Access to Financial Services in Nigeria Survey conducted by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFINA), an independent financial sector development organisation, indicates that 56.3…
- 13 Nov 2024
CBN to Achieve $1trn Economy with Financial Inclusion Initiatives
The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched three initiatives aimed at realizing Nigeria’s vision of a $1 trillion economy by 2030 through financial inclusion. The initiatives were launched at the…
- 15 Apr 2026
Study Shows 38% of Northern Women Lack Access to Financial Services
A new study by Bayero University, Kano, has found that 38 per cent of women in Northern Nigeria do not have access to financial services. The study, carried out by the Aminu Kano Centre for…
- 5 Oct 2023
ThriveAgric Partners Heifer to Provide Farmers with Access to Financial Inclusion Services
Agricultural technology company, ThriveAgric, in collaboration with global nonprofit organisation, Heifer International, today hosted a breakfast meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, to mark the official…
- 20 Oct 2021
AFDB, MTN Ink $500,000 Grant Agreement to Enhance Women’s Access to Financial Services in Nigeria
The African Development Bank’s initiative, the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), and Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), the fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, have signed an…
- 3 Jun 2021
EFInA Report says 51% of Nigerian Adults have Access to Financial Services
Efforts by the Central Bank of Nigeria to drive financial inclusion across the nation is yielding result, as over 50 percent of Nigerian adults are using formal (regulated) financial services. This…
- 12 Mar 2020
NDIC Says 40 Percent of Nigerians Can’t Access Financial Services
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said that 40 per cent of Nigerians do not have access to financial services. Umaru Ibrahim, managing director/CEO, NDIC, said there was need to bring…
- 16 Dec 2024
Mastercard Partners with Allawee to Enhance Financial Access in Nigeria
Allawee, one of Nigeria’s leading digital lending fintech, in collaboration with Mastercard, has launched a credit-building card designed to enhance financial access for federal civil servants and…
- 13 Mar 2014
NSE, CBN Embark on Financial Literacy Initiative
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in partnership with the country’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) will be hosting a series of events…
- 6 Dec 2014
Efina Survey Reveals 39.6Mn Adults in Nigeria Still Financially Excluded
Findings from the Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2014 survey revealed that the number of Nigerian adults nationwide who are banked…
- 8 Jun 2022
Experts to Brainstorm on Nigeria's Financial Inclusion Initiative at Oriental News Nigeria Confab
Key stakeholders in Nigeria's financial sector would engage in a robust round table discussion on governments key policy which centers around inclusive financial system that will cover all strata of…
- 27 Nov 2019
Heritage Bank Empowers 2000 Female Entrepreneurs via Financial Inclusivity Initiatives
Considering the importance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to the economy, Heritage Bank Plc has continued to structure financial inclusivity initiatives in empowering over 2000 female…
- 15 Mar 2020
NDIC says 40% Of Nigerians Lack Access to Financial Services
Umaru Ibrahim, Managing Director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has stressed the urgent need to bring more Nigerians into the financial services net. Ibrahim said the call has…
- 23 Jan 2024
Smartcash Payment Service Bank Partners Stanbic IBTC Bank to Expand Access to Financial Services
Smartcash Payment Service Bank (PSB), a subsidiary of Airtel Nigeria, has announced its strategic partnership with Stanbic IBTC Bank which will focus on cash deposits and withdrawals for Smartcash…
- 18 Jun 2024
Access Bank Commits to Deepening Financial Inclusion
Access Bank has restated that it remains committed to providing access to finance for entrepreneurs in the transportation, agriculture, and health sectors this year. Chizoma Okoli, Its Deputy…
- 16 Dec 2016
ITU to Join New Global Initiative to Expand Financial Inclusion
Just over two years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined ITU to establish a Focus Group on Digital Financial Services for Financial Inclusion. The goal was to tackle some of the main…
- 19 Nov 2014
Access Bank, Airtel Ink Deal at "Access Money" Launch
Access Bank Plc, leading financial institution, has collaborated with Airtel foremost telecom operator, to develop and launch mobile money service, Access Money powered by Airtel. This…
- 21 Sept 2021
Global Initiative to Give 3.4bn People Access to Smartphones
An initiative has been launched by Vodafone Group and the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU), to address the global digital divide. It aims to give an additional 3.4 billion people the…
- 12 Mar 2025
Moniepoint Women in Tech initiative turns 5, expands access for 15 interns
As the world marks International Women’s Day (IWD), Moniepoint Inc, leading digital financial services provider and Africa’s fastest growing financial institution, has announced the expansion of its…
- 25 Jun 2020
COVID-19: DG NITDA Urges Financial Institutions to Improve Lending Access to SMEs
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has called on financial institutions in the country to increase lending access to Small…
- 9 Nov 2017
EFInA Survey Shows 58.4% Nigerian Adults Now Financially Served
By peter oluka In a bid to reduce poverty and achieve inclusive economic growth in Nigeria, Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), a financial sector development organization hosted a…
- 22 Jul 2019
How, Why Mobile Wallets Can Deepen Financial Inclusion
Access to financial services opens doors for families, allowing them to smooth out consumption and invest in their futures through education and health. Access to credit enables businesses to…
- 26 Mar 2012
Paga’s Financial Inclusion Project Gets $2M Boost
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) has committed $2million to expand financial services to the un-banked and under-banked segments of the populace. EFInA, a financial sector development…
- 3 Feb 2017
AfDB , AFI Sign MoU to Enhance Financial Services
African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance access to quality financial services on the continent. The…
- 31 Jul 2023
50% of SMEs in Nigeria were Unable to Provide Consistent income to Workers - New Small Firm Diaries Research
Financial Access Initiative (FAI) research center of New York University (NYU) together with the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) this week released the results of the Nigeria Small Firm…
- 28 Sept 2009
Access to Finance Requisite for Economic Growth - EFInA
Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) in its finding has submitted that given significant financial sector reforms and private sector innovations, access to finance is poised for growth…
- 6 Dec 2018
Access Bank MD says Fintech Will Transform Financial Services
Dr Herbert Wigwe, the Managing Director of Access Bank Plc., says Fintech in a few years, will change the face of financial services as the next big thing in Africa. Wigwe made this known during the…