Accessing finance: Microfinance turns India’s rural women into budding entrepreneurs
ANNIE BANERJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, in the absence of banks, rural credit schemes are helping women access formal financing and reducing their reliance on loan sharks…
Banking access: Cryptocurrency promise for UAE’s unbanked migrants – but not yet
SALIM ESSAID, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the UAE is moving toward opening licensed cryptocurrency exchanges in a step that could boost financial inclusion for the millions of expatriates who make up most of the region’s workforce…