Lending institutions’ reluctance to lend to MSMEs or to offer them competitive interest rates stems from the relatively costly…

This paper discusses the business correspondent (BC)–agent banking model in India against the backdrop of community-based rural…

ESG investments have attracted wider attention from both investors and customers worldwide. These investments largely follow a triple-…

India has made significant progress toward financial inclusion with the support of technological and policy innovations.

Credit programs have been long viewed as salient means to develop the Philippine agriculture sector, especially small-farm agriculture.…

On top of all the other damage it has done in Indonesia, COVID-19 has hurt tax collection. That’s a problem, as the country needs to…

A new space age has dawned, with the private sector playing a very public role with its disruptive space technology. Governments cannot…

The development of fintech has significantly mitigated local theft activities.

Indonesia’s fintech market has been relatively resilient to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This article describes the challenges lenders encounter in verifying personal and income data and assessing applicants’ creditworthiness…