Impact Stories
Innovative approaches to distribution of financial services
November 23, 2020
Introducing bundled microinsurance through church networks in Papua New Guinea By Eric Sena Morttey Rev. Gloria Marke, a 43-year-old pastor of the United Church Papua New Guinea (UCPNG) in Hula, tragically lost both parents within a week of one another. After her father passed away, she intended to insure her mother, but didn’t...
How new features are changing the way customers use Vodafone’s M-PAiSA in Fiji
September 15, 2020
Each month, Manish’s salary is automatically split between his conventional savings account and his M-PAiSA account, allowing him to set his budget for the month. He uses M-PAiSA to pay for bills, top up his phone and send his daughter her monthly allowance for university. However, it was the QR payment tool that cemented the shift to digital financial services.
From Financially Excluded To Entrepreneur with Vodafone Fiji’s M-PAiSA
August 28, 2020
We interviewed two long time users of Vodafone Fiji’s M-PAiSA mobile money account, Marama and Vaseva*. They both capitalised on their familiarity with digital financial services to develop businesses that offer their benefits to their communities. They spoke to us about how the opportunities arose and the impact they had on their lives.
Building a network of digital financial services experts in Samoa and beyond
August 7, 2020
By Alex Reddaway When Carmenita Solaese Lepou, an analyst in the Financial Inclusion team at the Central Bank of Samoa in Apia, heard that her application for the Reuben James Summerlin Annual Scholarship was successful she was delighted but apprehensive. She was fairly new to financial inclusion and returning to work after her maternity leave....
How the Reuben James Summerlin scholarship may contribute to the future of digital identity in Fiji
July 9, 2020
The scholarship honours Reuben’s passion for capacity building and education while contributing to PFIP’s vision of enabling low-income households to gain access to good quality, affordable and sustainable financial services and financial education. It is awarded to exceptional employees from PFIP’s partner institutions, such as Akash, to help them develop their knowledge and skills in digital financial inclusion.
- Programme Update
- 2020
- The ‘Get Insured, Rest Assured’ Inclusive Insurance Campaign Launched
- Fiji Government joins Pacific voices in a call to action to keep remittances flowing during the COVID-19 pandemic
- UN report highlights measures to improve MSME access to finance in Samoa
- Tax refund for payments with airtime approved
- India pledges approximately FJ$ 1.8 million towards developing climate disaster risk financing in Fiji
- The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat joins global call-to-action to keep remittances flowing during the COVID-19 crisis
- Vanuatu joins global call to action on remittances during COVID-19
- Vodafone Partners with UN’s Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme to Offer Fee-Free Remittances to Help Fijians
- PFIP partners with Catalpa International to support digitization of Financial Education in Solomon Islands
- 2019
- You can now save for your retirement using airtime credit
- UNCDF boosts access to finance: Women’s MicroBank in Papua New Guinea receives a loan
- Mobile money services now available in Vanuatu
- Developing a Climate Risk Insurance for Pacific Islanders
- Automated Complaints Management System for the Consumer Council of Fiji
- 13 companies selected for Pacific’s first Financial Innovation Challenge
- Vanuatu makes significant progress on financial inclusion in one year
- Financial education curriculum to be scaled across Anglican church’s vocational centres in Solomon Islands
- Pacific insurers see SME and group business as a way forward for growth
- Samoan experience highlighted at ministerial dialogue featuring UN agency heads, finance ministers
- Pacific Regional Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance study underway
- Financial Literacy Programme to reach more i-Kiribati and new financial services in the pipeline
- Partnership to boost new innovative digital financial services for Tongans
- Pacific and ASEAN regions connect for financial innovation challenge
- Banking with your thumbprint at WMBL’s Mama Bank Access Points
- 2018
- Governor of Central Bank of Samoa joins UN Task Force on Digital Financing of SDGs
- New App will become digital ledger for farmers
- FijiCare Insurance Ltd wins 2018 RJS Innovation Award
- Apia Insurance Company launches new funeral cover insurance
- Pacific Telcos partner to bring greater financial access to Ni-Vanuatu
- nbs Launches New Digital Banking Product
- VNPF to study micro-pensions for Vanuatu’s informal sector
- Innovation allows real-time monitoring and evaluation for Financial Education in the Solomon Islands
- Fijian Government national budget bolsters financial inclusion
- Western Highlands Province to embed Financial Education into provincial TVET curriculum
- Financial Inclusion scholarship expanded to all South Pacific Countries
- Teachers encouraged to champion financial education in their communities
- Study recommends reforms to improve voluntary micro pension coverage in Papua New Guinea
- South-South Cooperation: Bank of Sierra-Leone Officials undertake study visit to Fiji
- New online taxation services for businesses in the Solomon Islands now live!
- Close to 30,000 rural ni-Vanuatu to be migrated to electronic banking
- SINPF announces nationwide roll-out of micro pension product
- PFIP-NASFUND explore ways to enhance micro pension for informal sector workers in PNG
- More farming sectors in Fiji receive insurance protection for the first time
- Dairy Farmers Microinsurance Scheme pays first claim
- Private Sector encouraged to consider a shift to digital payments
- Women’s micro-bank to open access centres around PNG to test new branchless banking model
- Dairy Farmers covered by Microinsurance Scheme in Fiji for first time
- NBS and Digicel partner to offer remittance linked savings product in Samoa
- New partnership looks to create Pacific wide microinsurance solution for coastal fisheries sector
- Delivering the claims promise. Fiji Care pays F$166k to sugarcane farmers in 6 months.
- Validation workshop held for Vanuatu’s draft National Financial Inclusion Strategy
- 2017
- FNPF announces new digital payments platform for voluntary pension
- Fiji & Solomon Islands, learn how to build an Inclusive Digital Payments Ecosystem
- 12,500 sugarcane farmers in Fiji covered under new microinsurance package
- Samoan Government Ministries explore benefits of digital payments
- New banking service to benefit rural and maritime Fijians
- Partnership launched to develop affordable insurance to build disaster resilience
- Primary Schools and teachers awarded for commitment to Financial Education
- Report highlights the level of financial inclusion in Tonga is comparable
- Financial service providers recognized for innovation
- Workshop to help develop possible digital channels for the future of saving groups
- PFIP announces Fin-Ed partnership with Anglican Church of Melanesia
- Fiji Ministry of Education takes up stewardship of Financial Education Programme
- Mobile Microinsurance tech player wins RJS Innovation Award
- Photo contest entries focus on social issues and women’s economic empowerment
- University of the South Pacific integrates financial education in short courses curriculum
- PNG Highlands teachers first to be trained in Financial Education Curriculum
- Funeral Expenses Insurance potential exists in Samoa
- Vanuatu Government Ministries learn about the digitization of payments
- PFIP co-convener of regional Financial Inclusion Innovation Summit
- PFIP begins handover of Financial Education (Fin-Ed) Project to Fiji Ministry of Education
- Modernised taxation system to transform Solomon Island’s tax and payment landscape
- Women Financial Inclusion champions awarded scholarships
- Solomon Islands Government commits to digitization of 80% of payments by 2020
- NPF pilots new retirement savings scheme for self-employed
- One-third of adults in Vanuatu are financially excluded
- Awards to recognize financial education projects implemented in primary schools
- UNCDF Executive Secretary launches HFC Bank’s new financial product in Fiji
- PFIP develops financial education curriculum for vocational students
- Photo Contest to create awareness on financial inclusion
- Fijians’ understanding of insurance boosted by Insurance Awareness Campaign
- PFIP and the National Reserve Bank of Tonga hold consultations on the development of Tonga’s first National Financial Inclusion Strategy
- Fijian Government commits to improving reach and use of digital payments
- National Financial Inclusion Strategy for Samoa launched
- UN Capital Development Fund celebrates its 50th anniversary
- 2016
- UN-supported microinsurance partnership showcased at 12th International Microinsurance Conference
- Solar power drives financial inclusion: MiBank pilots affordable solar loans platform in Papua New Guinea
- New partnership enables affordable insurance for low income earners
- Insuring the uninsurable in PNG? New property insurance research underway
- Coconut farmers to benefit from ANZ goMoney
- Survey reveals gap in SME Insurance in the Pacific
- Final Communiqué of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Pacific Islands Regional Initiative (PIRI) 2nd Annual Forum in Port Vila, Vanuatu 3 June 2016
- PFIP awards inaugural Reuben James Summerlin Scholarships
- Key Regulator workshop to drive the development of insurance markets for the poor
- PFIP hosts world class DFS training in the Pacific
- Program boost
- Central Bank of Samoa develops first National Financial Inclusion Strategy
- Mobile phone tool kit to empower Fijian women to embrace financial inclusion
- How Can We Deepen Women’s Access to Financial Services in Papua New Guinea
- Financial Service Providers commit to bank 1.6 million more unbanked and underserved Papua New Guineans by end of 2015, of which 50 percent will be low-income women
- Teaching women financial literacy can improve household well-being
- 2015
- Women Business owners to be recognized in first National Women Micro Entrepreneur Awards
- PFIP invests in BIMA to provide Microinsurance products
- SI to Benefit from Bank Agents Overseas Training
- Digital Financial Services Workshops
- Papua New Guinea commits to digitizing all government payments
- Samoa strategy targets 40,000 financially included adults by 2020
- New goals set to increase financial inclusion in Fiji
- United Nations Capital Development Fund Recognizes Fiji As Role Model For Financial Inclusion
- UNCDF Global Head makes inaugural visit to Fiji
- VISA And Reserve Bank of Fiji Teach Financial Skills With New Partnership
- UNCDF Launches its 2014 Illustrated Annual Report
- 2014
- Savings Club Workshop
- EU to contribute Euro 6 million for UNCDF/UNDP Financial Inclusion in PNG Highlands
- Remarks by the Chair of the National Financial Inclusion Taskforce, Mr Robin Yarrow, at the Official Ceremony to Celebrate the Cooperation Agreement between the Australian Government and the Pacific Financial Inclusion Program
- Australia Supports Financial Inclusion in the Pacific
- Reuben Summerlin, Programme Manager for the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme, welcome speech
- TALKING POINTS – Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) Partnership Launch
- Speech by Mr Denton Rarawa, Governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands
- Opening Remarks by Deputy High Commissioner Dr. Dave Peebles for Financial Inclusion Expo in the Solomon Islands
- Trust Deed To Provide Added Assurance For Mobile Money
- Financial Inclusion Expo 2014
- Cha-Ching coming to screens in PNG homes
- UN invites private sector to help the Pacific’s unbanked access financial services
- PNG Highlanders get access to financial services
- Timor Leste’s First Mobile Money Pilot Launched to Expand Financial Services Access
- 2013
- Financial Education in Action at Nadi Airport School
- TISI Sangam Gives Members Economic Hope
- Sharing a Financial Education Journey
- Pacific Scholars for Microfinance training in Turin
- Insurance Supervisors Gather in Nadi
- Central Bank Insurance Supervisors Draw-up Action Plans for Inclusive Insurance in their Jurisdictions
- Media Alert: National Strategy Workshop for Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy
- Monitoring the Teaching of Money Management in the Classroom
- Sabeto Central School – A Financial Education Leader
- Presentation of the portfolios of low income households in Papua New Guinea
- 2012
- Survey Finds 80% Prefer Cash Over Mobile Money
- Timor Leste Women Get Protection through Partnership with Tuba Rei Metin, Moris Rasik and National Insurance Timor-Leste (NITL)
- Is a third-party provider the key to unlocking the potential of Mobile Money in Papua New Guinea?
- UN Head Launches First Community Based Microinsurance Scheme in the Pacific
- Regional Regulators to Make Insurance Work for the Poor
- PFIP Sponsors Pacific Delegates To Premier Microfinance Training in Italy
- TISI Sangam initiates funeral benefit for members
- AusAID proud to support a first for Fiji and the Pacific Region
- Fiji takes lead in innovative microinsurance partnerships
- Northern Schools Teach Students to Save, Spend Wisely and Share
- Cha-Ching coming to Fiji TV
- Workshop to formulate national action plan to raise level of financial competency in Fiji
- Vanuatu to bank 76,000 people by 2015
- Financial Diaries– Portfolios of Papua New Guinea Low Income Households
- Chiefly Island Empowers Youths with Financial Skills
- Pacific Islands Working Group (PIWG) prioritizes consumer protection for 2012
- Surviving on FJ$90 a month
- BLOG: Mobile Money technology- Why do Tom, Mere or Hari need it?
- 2011
- Building a Future Generation of Financially Strong and Competent People
- Stakeholders review financial inclusion strategies
- The Psychology of Savings: Designing Savings Products to Save Us from Ourselves
- PNG businesses meet to discuss mobile money
- FinED Fiji Project First Professional Development Workshop for Secondary Teachers
- PFIP Provides Further Support for LICI’s MicroLife Insurance Policy
- G2P starts with government to the poorest in Fiji
- Faith Based Organisations Participate in Microinsurance Planning Event
- Cheaper Faster Remittances for Samoa
- FinED Fiji Project First Professional Development Workshop for Primary Teachers
- PFIP Sponsors Pacific Delegates for Premier Microfinance Training
- Fiji on Target to Reach Unbanked Population
- Vodafone MPAiSA Fiji unveils international remittance service
- Solomons Team here to observe FinEd Fiji Project
- Digicel and KlickEx Launch web to mobile wallet remittance transfer
- Workshop to build capacity and support development of microinsurance in the Pacific
- Lautoka Teachers Trained on Financial Education and Integrating FinED into the School Curriculum
- Making Learning Fun – Educational games to boost financial education in schools
- Low-income households demand new ways to manage emergencies- insurance companies to take lead
- Partnerships in Microinsurance – Insurers look to next steps
- Cash for Christmas- Who is sending money to you?
- 2010
- Mobile Phone Banking to take off in Samoa
- Central Banks Gear up for Financial Inclusion
- Mobile Money gets Coverage in Vanuatu
- Central Banks Focus on the Unbanked
- Financial Literacy Changes Life of Villager
- Report on Financial Capability and Wellbeing of Fijian Households to be Launched
- Investing in Women Maximises the Impact of Financial Inclusion: UN Report
- Reserve Bank of Fiji Taking Giant Steps in Facilitating Mobile Money
- Poor and Rural Excluded from Financial Services in Fiji
- PFIP Provides Support for Pacific Participants’ Microfinance Training
- PNG Mobile Money Players Learn from Kenya’s M-Banking Success
- Fiji Leads Pacific’s First Mobile Phone Money Transfer Services
- Fiji Microfinance Institutions get a Boost from Financial Training
- Protecting Fiji’s poor from the financial devastation caused by Unpredictable Events
- Iosefo Bourne Italy-bound
- PFIP Clarifies Mobile Money Registration Requirements
- Financial Inclusion in the Pacific Goes Global
- Pacific Central Banks Hear Fiji’s Experience in Mobile Money Transfer
- Will Kina Soon Go Digital? BPNG Hosts Mobile Money Workshop
- Savings is a Crucial Weapon in the Fight Against Poverty
- Microinsurance: Communicating with Communities in Fiji
- Addressing Delinquency Amongst Microfinance Borrowers
- Great Steps Forward for Financial Inclusion in Solomon Islands
- 2009
- PNG Hosts the Launch of the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme
- USD 80,000 Grant a Boost for the Microfinance Pasifika Network
- Financial Literacy Crucial for Sustainable Microfinance
- Technology Making Microfinance More Accessible
- PFIP Work in Microfinance Recognised
- Survey Finds Financial Literacy Leads to Better Off Households
- Cutting Costs on Sending Remittances to the Pacific
- Exploring the Potential of Microinsurance in the Pacific
- Working Together with Microfinance for the Benefit of the Poor
- National Bank of Vanuatu and Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme Announce Partnership to Improve Rural Banking Services
- Building A Mobile Money Network in Papua New Guinea
- 2020
- Blog
- UNCDF in the Pacific: Agile redesign of activities to respond to the COVID-19 crisis
- Proud to serve: How bank and agent are empowering women with their first bank account in rural Papua New Guinea
- Congregating during Covid-19: Leveraging a church network to bring life insurance to remote communities in Papua New Guinea
- Third time lucky: How PIN codes are inhibiting the uptake of mobile financial services in Papua New Guinea
- Unlocking pension fund savings for COVID-19 relief
- Five reasons women in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea are financially excluded
- Making funeral insurance accessible to Samoans for the first time
- How solar pay-as-you-go energy is helping Papua New Guineans access financial services
- Fiji’s electronic welfare transfer system
- Empowering women with technology: Lessons learnt from a Talanoa Dialogue
- How women in Papua New Guinea are finding their way to Women’s Micro Bank
- Tweaking a digital finance agent network to sustainably reach last-mile customers in Fiji
- Closing the pension gap in the Pacific
- Boosting the uptake: Nudging Samoans to save more of the remittances they receive
- Scoping Insurance opportunities for fishing communities in Fiji
- Changing tack: Financing development in Pacific SIDS due for a drastic re-think
- Attracting Fintechs to the Pacific; lessons from an Innovation Challenge
- The challenge of teaching Pacific Islanders to save
- Embracing InsurTech in the Pacific
- Innovation in Digital Financial Services in the Pacific
- Is Financial Inclusion Really Impacting the SDGs? This New Research Approach Could Offer an Answer
- Press 1 to secure your retirement
- Financial Inclusion in Paradise: How do Pacific Island Countries stack up to the Global Findex?
- Special school leads the way in financial education innovation
- Catalysing digital financial services through school fees payments
- Improving financial well-being of the excluded in Solomon Islands
- Smart electronic ticketing for public transport in Fiji
- PFIP Savings Group DFS linkage – Ideation Workshop
- Rethinking Pension Inclusion in the Pacific
- Impact Stories
- 2020
- Innovative approaches to distribution of financial services
- How new features are changing the way customers use Vodafone’s M-PAiSA in Fiji
- How the Reuben James Summerlin scholarship may contribute to the future of digital identity in Fiji
- Building a network of digital financial services experts in Samoa and beyond
- From Financially Excluded To Entrepreneur with Vodafone Fiji’s M-PAiSA
- Financial Education: Creating the next generation of financially literate Solomon Islanders
- “Finally a bank we can trust”
- Vodafone’s rural agents are unlocking financial services for those who need it most
- 2019
- Peace of mind for self-employed businesses in Fiji with agency banking
- Ensuring smallholder sugarcane farmers in Fiji are insured
- Leaving a legacy for your loved ones
- Financial education in PNG, key to informative choices on pay-day lending
- “Financial Education has been life changing”
- Wakalani helps her community of women become financially innovative
- Financial education supports Garanga community to bring back life into its school canteen
- Realities from the ground; Designing financial services around the ‘Wantok’ culture in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
- 2018
- Insurance helps dairy farmers in time of need
- Mobile microinsurance reaching underserved Papua New Guineans
- Son’s insurance supports family after his passing
- Sigatoka Special School excels in Financial Education Innovation Projects
- Farmer rebuilds life with new insurance payout
- Lighting a brighter future for families in the Solomon Islands
- Saving for retirement in the informal sector: A market vendor’s story
- Insurance helps Tuicakau cope with illness
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2020
- In the news
- 2020
- 2019
- Mobile banking applications becoming popular
- Pacific-ASEAN Financial Innovation Challenge Officially Launched
- Biometrics opens up banking via fingerprint in PNG
- Financial education to be included in Tvet schools
- Financial Literacy Programme to reach more i-Kiribati and new financial services in the pipeline
- 2018
- Government to fund Samoan funeral insurance scheme
- Apia Insurance says “leave a legacy” with funeral insurance
- Do Financial Inclusion Efforts Really Have an Impact on Poverty?
- Samoa Bank head appointed UN Pacififc Rep
- Natural disasters pushing insurers out of Pacific market
- Businesses react positively to funeral insurance product
- National Bank of Samoa launches New digital banking product
- Digital innovation programme effective for Fijians
- More Fijians use banking services on mobile phone
- 2 primary schools receive cash and a trophy for completing financial education training
- Exhibitors participate in retirement expo
- Retirement Expo Will Focus On Youth
- 107,417 Fijians Covered Under Insurance Scheme
- Civil Servants will benefit from this Insurance Policy
- Cane Growers Access Insurance With $1 Week Premium Or $52
- Livestock Cover
- Dairy farmers covered under Fiji Care insurance scheme
- Nearly 300 dairy farmers to be insured for the first time in Fiji
- Microinsurance scheme for fisheries
- Banking in your neighbourhood
- Policy benefits farmers
- Giving women greater financial choice and control through economic empowerment
- Do Financial Inclusion Efforts Really Have an Impact on Poverty?
- Apia insurance company launches Samoa’s first funeral cover insurance
- 2017
- NPF launches new savings scheme in Honiara – The National PNG
- FNPF trials mobile-based payment platform – Fiji Times
- 28 farmers first beneficiaries of insurance scheme
- Sugar Cane Growers Covered Under New Insurance Initiative
- Banking Service Impacting lives in the Highlands – Post Courier
- Affordable insurance – Fiji Times
- Basic insurance cover for dairy farmers currently in the works – Fiji Village
- Payout Helps Heal Pain for Loss: Family – Fiji Sun
- Digital transformation gains momentum in Fiji
- Pacific digital tax system to be trialed in Solomons – Radio New Zealand News
- Banking service impacting lives in the Highlands – Post Courier
- Financial service providers recognized for innovation
- 10 Sustainable Development Solutions for Asia and the Pacific
- PFIP sets up first innovation hub in PNG
- Financial programme beneficial, says BPNG
- Be creative to avoid financial risks: Genia – The National
- Partnership to boost financial education – Fiji Times
- MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Solomon Islands’ National Provident Fund Launches youSave Retirement Savings Plan for Self-employed With Support from UN’s PFIP
- Fiji’s understanding of insurance improves – Fiji Times
- Financial education training for teachers – The National
- Funeral Expenses Insurance potential exists in Samoa – Samoa Observer
- Funeral expenses insurance seen as important for Samoa – Radio New Zealand International
- 62pc women at finance training – Fiji Times
- Vanuatu financial survey – Fiji Times
- Government Ministries learn about digitization of payments – Vanuatu Independent
- Vanuatu banking looks to go digital – Radio New Zealand International
- Fierravanti-Wells visiting PNG for business forum – PNG Industry News
- New banking program for Highlands region – Loop PNG
- FinEd award launch
- Photo contest inspires creative islanders
- UNCDF to mark 50th Anniversary in Port Moresby
- UN Capital Development Fund celebrates its 50 year anniversary
- Financial inclusion
- Organisation welcomes government initiative
- 2016
- Financial innovation project starts
- Micro pension field trials
- RBF’s Commitment To Gender And Women’s Financial Inclusion
- Invest for the future
- Fiji, Mongolia, joint winners of global inclusion award 2016
- Workshop on digital payment
- Collaborative approach
- Fiji hosts Alliance for Financial Inclusion 8th Global Policy Forum
- Revised law to focus on responsible lending
- Work Underway For A Simple Consumer Credit Law Act For Fiji
- Partnership to benefit insurance service seekers
- Solar power drives financial inclusion: MiBank pilots affordable solar loans platform in Papua New Guinea
- RBF Launches Media Campaign To Raise Insurance Awareness
- Central bank to raise awareness on insurance
- Financial inclusion data the key to unlocking better policy decisions
- Bid to increase access
- Australian Government, ANZ Bank, PFIP to Connect Solomon Islands’ Coconut Farmers to Mobile Banking
- New study looks at insurance for settlements and villages
- Papua New Guinea banks on inclusion
- CBSI hailed for gender inclusion policy here
- Action plan set
- Showing Vital Significance We Place On Financial Inclusion
- Central bank sets goals, target to promote financial inclusion
- Teamwork Model Attributed Driver Of Our Financial Inclusion Success
- RBF: Fiji Advanced In Financial Literacy
- RBF makes strong presentation
- Mark Flaming – Fintech bridging wide gaps in the South Pacific
- Core Agent Accelerators Workshop In Honiara
- PNG’s MiBank Encourages Saving Culture
- Strong savings culture
- Financial Education (Fiji)
- Report: Islanders have rich, varied active lives
- ANZ launches mobile banking financial literacy training
- Training for women market vendors in Solomon Islands
- Internet banking launched (HFC)
- Training package to enhance leadership skills in communities
- Opinion: Focus Again On Financial Inclusion
- Watch Social Indicators – PNG
- Report: Women more aware of support services
- Benchmarking Financial Inclusion in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa
- Loan provides energy for homes in the Solomon Islands
- Pacific hit as banks abandon remittance business
- Insurance for rural and low cost housing should be an option
- Insurance companies to be regulated
- Consumer trust the key to boosting mobile banking in the Pacific
- Key Regulator workshop to drive the development of insurance markets for the poor
- TDB’s support for disadvantaged borrowers wins international recognition
- Google exec joins bank
- Global challenge
- Act under review
- Papua New Guinean receives first-of-its kind scholarship
- Insurance cover vital
- Bred Bank And Sun Insurance Team Up To Launch Innovative Solution
- Remittances on the rise in the Pacific
- $10.13 Million Paid Out To LICI Policy Holder; Highest Ever
- Fijian Market Expanding Despite Weak Global Economic Activity
- Bank of PNG Opens workshop for consumer protection
- PM wants changes for Fiji’s Insurance Industry
- ‘Dire need’ for insurance reform
- Lautoka cabbies to launch insurance scheme
- Innovative mobile microinsurance providing crucial safety net for Papua New Guineans
- POB’s Digital Banking Service
- PFIP awards inaugural Reuben James Summerlin Scholarships
- 221,000 excluded from financial services
- IMF executive board concludes reviews of Solomon’s ECF arrangement
- BPNG Signs MOU with World Vision (PNG) Trust
- BSP Helping People Manage Money And Deliver Banking Closer To Home
- Lack of choice, convenience, ATMs highlighted
- Leading Figure
- Training for market vendors
- Game Simplifies Insurance for Rakiraki Women
- 2015
- Balance sheet expands for credit institutions
- Financial Inclusion
- Financial Services Lacking in PNG
- Rural PNG Lacks Financial Literacy
- AFI launching permanent initiative to increase financial inclusion in Pacific Islands – Eliki Boletawa
- Ability to empower people
- Financial education – PNG
- Eyeing the unbanked
- Financial literacy a need
- Review on financial inclusion underway – Solomon Islands
- Digital Financial Services Can Boost Women’s Economic Opportunities
- Integration of Financial Inclusion into government plans needed
- Pacific Islands Regional Initiative (PIRI) conducts consumer protection regulatory training in Tonga
- Officials prepare for financial inclusion training
- State funds, growth focus
- Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Pacific Islands Regional Initiative (PIRI) technical group meets in Tonga
- Banking sector expects to grow
- Fiji to host world meet on Financial Inclusion
- Potential microfinance
- Financial inclusion key to economic growth
- Cash Flow (Remittances)
- Deal Benefits Travellers
- Samoa’s banking woes
- Westpac offer convinient banking at your finger tip
- Improve Access to Financial Education – PNG
- Samoa develops Financial Inclusion plan
- Almost half of Samoans without financial access
- Many Samoans still keeping money under the mattress
- POB launches new deposit scheme
- Water PNG Customers Can Now Pay Bills Online
- Bank of PNG Launch Smart Campaign for More Financial Knowledge
- Increasing access to financial services in the Pacific
- Message from Executive Secretary on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Fiji’s rich are contributing more to finance health system – study reveals
- Fiji Insurance Market Growth Up: Saxena
- Post Fiji, A New Platform For Handy Finance Customers
- More appreciation for Credit Unions says Minister
- New deal signed
- CBSI Plans To Roll Out Financial Inclusion Program To Schools
- Banking on the go
- Solomon Islands will host Pacific Microfinance Week in 2015
- Remarks of Judith Karl, UNCDF Executive Secretary
- CBSI & Partners Launched Demand Side Survey Report
- Financial inclusion report launched
- Easy cash transfer
- Mobile Money In The Solomon Islands – Leapfrog Hurdles To Financial Inclusion
- POB launches kids savings, Friday
- PFIP invests in BIMA to provide Microinsurance products
- Launch of the Fiji Financial Services Demand Side Survey
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- Financial Diaries– Portfolios of Papua New Guinea Low Income Households
- Digicel verifone combine to launch unique mobile wallet payments service in Tonga
- Northern Schools Teach Students to Save, Spend Wisely and Share
- Workshop to formulate national action plan to raise level of financial competency in Fiji
- 2011
- Digicel Mobile Money enables customers to pay their electricity bills anytime,24/7
- Digicel and KlickEx Launch web to mobile wallet remittance transfer
- Easy Transfer
- Fiji on Target to Reach Unbanked Population
- Workshop to build capacity and support development of microinsurance in the Pacific
- Low-income households demand new ways to manage emergencies- insurance companies to take lead
- G2P starts with government to the poorest in Fiji
- Regional Workshop to Empower Regulators and Insurance Providers to Protect their Poor
- Making Learning Fun – Educational games to boost financial education in schools.
- Lautoka Teachers Trained on Financial Education and Integrating FinED into the School Curriculum
- 2010
- 2009