Once just a ride-sharing company, Grab has been expanding its portfolio to include mobile and peer-to-peer payments and now has added insurance and microfinancing services to the mix. The Southeast ...

Advocates say that Bitcoin could democratize finance. Case in point, the founder of peer-to-peer lending service ProudSource Joe McKinney is building a company that aims to connect underbanked ...

MANILA, Philippines — The existence of microfinancing institutions provides a financing system for poor communities to establish small and social enterprises or finance the basic needs of their ...

Blandino Esplana , 71, pushes his mobile palengke in Vitas-Katuparan, Tondo, Manila. He spends P2,000 to buy vegetables in Divisoria. On a normal day, he earns double if he sells at a higher price, ...

Before diving into how blockchain is connected, and can improve, applications such as microfinance, it is important to make sure that the terminology is defined. Even though these ideas have been in ...

Microfinance is the delivery of financial services in small amounts – mainly loans but increasingly savings and insurance – to entrepreneurs who typically do not have access to mainstream or ...

ONE of the main focus of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit is the growth of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of its thrust for inclusive growth. Increase in GDP will ...