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Our next Making It guest talks microfinance, financial inclusion, and the informal economy
Making It’s fourth episode drops Thursday featuring a microfinance pioneer: Back when financial inclusion was just a buzzword, our next…
Fawry, National Bank of Egypt to begin distributing 43k PoS devices to stores
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and e-payments platform Fawry are rolling out 43k point of sale (PoS) devices in…
Egyptian banks required to establish in-house financial inclusion departments
Banks are now required to set up departments to oversee financial inclusion strategies and advise the Central Bank of Egypt’s…
FRA to require Egyptian financial service firms to digitize transactions
REGULATION WATCH- The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) is preparing a draft law that would require financial institutions to digitize their…
Stablecoins probably aren’t the answer to financial inclusion
Here’s why Libra and ‘stablecoins’ probably aren’t the answer to financial inclusion: The noise from the Libra hype train has…
What we’re tracking on 3 December 2019
Industry incentives announcement coming tomorrow, Amer says: Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly will unveil tomorrow a package of measures designed to…
What we’re tracking on 1 December 2019
Would someone mind explaining where 2019 went? Or the past decade, for that matter? Happy December, everyone. It’s official: Tarek…
Ebtikar ups stake in Masary for fifth time since July
M&A WATCH- Ebtikar ups stake in Masary for fifth time since July: Ebtikar for Financial Investment, a joint venture between…
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