financial inclusion

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Financial Inclusion: It’s Time To Fuel MSMEs, Boda Boda Operators’ Financial Health

By Branton Mutea Kenya’s financial inclusion story is often praised as a global success. In less than a decade, the country moved from...

Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) Kaachonjo xampaign
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KBA, FSD Kenya and inABLE Partner to Promote Financial Inclusion for PWDs

The Kenya Bankers Association has partnered with the Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSD Kenya), non-profit inABLE, and Georgia Institute of Technology in a...

WorldRemit International Women Day www.businesstoday.co.ke
SMART MONEY

#EachForEqual: Delivering Inclusive Financial Services for Women

Remittances sent and received by women are usually spent on household provisions and healthcare, which have indirect societal benefits. However, as women tend...

Scope Markets Kenya CEO Kevin Ng’anga demonstrates the platform to Serkan Ismailoglu as Dianah Igati and Jacob Plattner look on. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Kenya’s Newest Online Forex Trading Platform Goes Live

Scope Markets has launched in Kenya and commenced trading in online forex while promising possibilities in income generation in the online forex trading....

A Kenyan transacting on M-Pesa. Mobile money lending has contributed to financial inclusion and cheaper way of sending money from Kenya to Rwanda and Tanzania. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Importance of Digital Lending in Driving Financial Inclusion 

By Ivan Mbowa There are currently 3.2 billion people around the world who are striving to make a breakthrough in life. This group...

Equity Bank new look celebrating 35 years www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Equity Targets More With ‘All Under One Roof’ Strategy

Equity has unveiled a new look in line with the ongoing transformation and regional expansion. The new identity is aimed at creating a...

A Kenyan clutching a smartphone. CredoLab has launched in Kenya seeking to ‘drive financial inclusion’ by credit scoring more people. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Company to Scrape Your Phone Data to Rate You For Loans

In what is set to revolutionise credit scoring and increase financial inclusion in Kenya, a new company is targeting your smartphone to make...

A KCB outlet. The bank has partnered with Japan’s biggest bank SMBC to expand their financial offerings provided to clients in both East Africa and Japan www.businesstoday.co.ke
MARKETS

KCB Partnership With Japan’s Biggest Bank Opens New Frontier in Lending

KCB Bank Kenya has signed a pact with Japan based giant lender Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) to drive cross-border trade and deepen...

An M-Pesa transaction in progress. Super profits that Safaricom makes come from a majority of Kenyans who are either living under the poverty line or those slightly above it. www.businesstoday.co.ke
SMART MONEY

Mobile Money’s Real Cost of Convenience Making You Broke

Safaricom is the blue-eyed boy of the telco world in sub-Saharan Africa since it has continued to grow in leaps and bounds raking...