Publications
Feb 12, 2019
IFC and Garanti Bank Romania launched a joint report highlighting the importance and impact of increasing access to finance for the country’s women entrepreneurs. “Taking Women Entrepreneurs to the Bank in Romania”, shows the impact of Garanti Bank Romania’s Women SME Banking Program. Garanti Bank was the first bank to focus on the needs of women-...
Jan 07, 2019
The report is a benchmarking index that assesses the enabling environment for financial access in 55 countries. The research underscores the evolving landscape of financial inclusion itself. This year’s index was completely revised to take a forward-looking focus on digital financial services, and to address the critical role of financial...
Dec 28, 2018
In October 2018, the total outstanding consumer debt in the US surpassed $3.96 trillion – a continuously increasing volume (in Q1 2018, the total outstanding consumer debt in the US was at ~$3.86 trillion) that could make debt collection one of the hottest businesses of 2019. Q3 2018 delinquency rates for consumer loans is at 2.28% (credit card...
Dec 07, 2018
Sixteenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2019 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: Starting a business Dealing with construction permits Getting electricity Registering property Getting credit Protecting minority investors Paying taxes Trading...
Dec 03, 2018
KPMG Indonesia published its inaugural edition of The Fintech Edge . The first edition of the report focuses on the Top 10 players in the fast growing Peerto-Peer (P2P) lending sector. KMPG notes, that it is important the P2P players can demonstrate the right balance between protecting the lender through a strong risk management framework, good...
Nov 21, 2018
With the rapid development of China’s digital economy, especially that of digital technologies such as Big Data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and blockchain, the digital model has become an important impetus for the development of financial inclusion. It eliminates the time and geographical restrictions, lowers the transaction costs...
Sep 26, 2018
Research conducted by the World Economic Forum and Bain and Company revealed the global trade and finance industry could produce an additional $1 trillion by implementing blockchain. According to calculations by the Asian Development Bank, the global trade finance deficit gap is currently at $1.5 trillion USD and is expected to rise to $2.4...
Aug 30, 2018
The APEC Policy Support Unit just released a new assessment of its Ease of Doing Business (EoDB), which says that the "area of Getting Credit recorded the greatest progress." This is accounted for improvements in two areas - secured transactions legal framework (strength of legal rights) and credit information - where APFF work (in collaboration...
Aug 27, 2018
In this report, a range of responsible digital credit provider’s categories and models are examined, consumer risks they involve, and standards being developed to address these risk. With SMEs around the world accessing loans made through digital credit, it’s important to understand the financial consumer protection challenges involved. The report...
Aug 24, 2018
In this study, the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurs (WPSMEE) examined a variety of barriers on the supply and demand side of finance markets that limit SMEs uptake of alternative financial instruments. The study also covers trends in policy measures to support the development of alternative finance instruments for SMEs. According the...