March 16, 2019
The Pacific-ASEAN Financial Innovation Challenge, a platform for innovators from the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore who have existing, or ready to deploy, financial or technology solutions was launched at the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (RBV) yesterday morning. RBV Governor Simeon Athy, welcomed partners, donor partners and guests to the official ceremony...
February 28, 2019
MoneyMinded, ANZ Bank’s financial literacy programme is set to be expanded to 10,000 i-Kiribati living in rural islands thanks to a new partnership announced today. Through New Zealand Government funding and technical assistance from the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP), ANZ will be able to expand the reach of the program beyond the two...
February 22, 2019
Twenty years ago European banks offered the world’s first mobile banking services to their customers called SMS banking, which gradually revolutionized banking services as smart phones came onto the market. The arrival of Irish-owned telecommunications company Digicel in the Pacific Islands in 2006 – and its offering of mobile phone-based banking applications, in partnership with...
January 22, 2019
PACIFIC Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) is working with technical vocational educational training (TVET) institutions to have financial education included in their curriculum. PFIP specialist Jagdeep Dahiya said it was determined to ensure people were financially literate to improve their economic lives. “We have different TVET institutions to embed financial education as part of their curriculum,”...
January 22, 2019
People in Papua New Guinea can now make bank transactions using their fingerprints following the development of a biometrics system. Roadside market in rural Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZI / Johnny Blades The new system aims to make financial services more accessible for rural communities, especially women. It was developed by the Women’s Microbank and...
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