Women’s World Banking is conducting fact-finding interviews with Ukrainian refugees to help articulate their financial needs to international policy-makers and banks. Mary Ellen Iskenderian, president and CEO, talks to The Banker about the research.

A blind faith belief in unfettered investor-backed fintechs driving financial inclusion may lead to similar traps to those microfinance faced, including over-indebtedness.

Innovation and entrepreneurship need to be supported. Regional banks, with local knowledge and better understanding of business risks, can help small enterprises grow and thrive.

With increased fragility and inequality in the world, it is now more important than ever to bridge the financial inclusion gap.

Dr Dante Mossi, executive president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei), talks to Joy Macknight about how it is helping the region’s farmers and small producers reactivate and transform their businesses to ensure a sustainable future.

Supporting women entrepreneurs requires less talk and more action on key areas such as helping women find the funds and technical advice needed to grow their business, as well as investing with a gender lens.

Regulators in the UK and EU are looking to extend their regulatory reach to include crypto assets in all their guises.

A new age of banking is upon us, but are banks still caught in an old mindset of what the customer wants?

The rapid pace of digitalisation is disrupting traditional banking operations in Russia, encouraging incumbents to look to new business models.

The crypto industry is breaking new ground and financial institutions are no longer sitting on the sidelines.