INNOVATION FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Close to 30,000 rural ni-Vanuatu to be migrated to electronic banking
August 22, 2018Addressing low usage, cost of travel and lack of opportunities to transact, the National Bank of Vanuatu (NBV) has announced the migration of close to 30,000 of its rural customers from a legacy paper-based passbook system to electronic and mobile banking. The United Nation’s Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP), through funding from the Governments of...
Fijian Government national budget bolsters financial inclusion
July 26, 2018Suva, Fiji – The announcement of the Fiji 2018 – 2019 national budget has been met with encouragement by the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) as direct actions are being made to deepen financial access in Fiji. As a party to the Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s Maya Declaration and the United Nation’s Better Than Cash Alliance,...
BLOG: Special school leads the way in financial education innovation
July 4, 2018Students need to take their classroom skills and knowledge into the real world for financial education (FinED) to be effective. That’s exactly what the impressive Sigatoka Special School is doing through leading the way on innovative projects that help the students put money management into practice. Recently the UN’s Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) visited...
