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April 12, 2018 - Dutch development bank FMO jointly with RSA Advisory has led a USD 80 million (BDT 650 crores) syndicated five-year loan to ONE Bank, a strongly performing and robustly-growing private commercial bank in Bangladesh, which will be primarily dedicated to finance small and ...

WASHINGTON, APRIL 19, 2018 - The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) today announced its first funding allocations -- expected to mobilize over $1.6 billion in additional funds from an allocation of $120 million -- for programs designed to knock down the unique barriers facing women entrepreneurs in ...

The International Development Association (IDA) today launched its first bond in its nearly 60-year history, as investors around the globe seized the opportunity to invest in a triple A-rated asset and support life-changing investments in the world’s poorest countries.

The bond, which marks the ...

Milan, 11 April 2018 – Nearly 20 of the world’s leading financial centres are gathering in Milan, on the 12^th and 13^th of April, to hold the inaugural meeting of a new international network to accelerate green and sustainable finance.

Sustainable finance is ...

Port Louis, Mauritius – 18th April 2018 - MFS Africa, a leading Pan-African FinTech company, today announced a $4.5m Series B funding round led by LUN Partners Group, a China-based global investment management group. Goodwell Investments, an Amsterdam based investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech ...

SANTA MONICA, April 17, 2018 -- Tala, a global leader in mobile-first financial services for underserved consumers, announces today a $50 million Series C equity investment led by Revolution Growth. Additional participants include existing investors IVP, Data Collective, Lowercase Capital, Ribbit Capital, and Female Founders Fund ...

• The new Sustainability Awareness Bond will initially focus on activities in the water sector, and will be later expanded to health and education
• United Nations welcome the new financial product as major step in the international development effort
• New bond to build on success of ...

16 April 2018 - CDC Group (“CDC”), the UK’s development finance institution, and Standard Chartered Bank (“Standard Chartered”) have today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a supply chain finance programme that will increase financing for SME suppliers in Africa and South ...

Today, the world’s first Social Success Note or “SSN” is launched at the Skoll World Forum by Yunus Social Business, The Rockefeller Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation and Impact Water. Similar to Social Impact Bonds, the SSN is a new financial innovation that harnesses the ...