55 results about this entity
Period: 21 Oct 2003 - 12 Jan 2024
Company announcement
International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), a member of the World Bank Group, and LMRKTS are pleased to announce an equity investment by IFC in LMRKTS to help expand LRMKTS into the emerging markets.
07 June 2017
Asset Control, a leading provider of financial data management solutions, is proud to announce that it has been selected by The World Bank Group.
19 May 2016
Remittances to developing countries grew only marginally in 2015, as weak oil prices and other factors strained the earnings of international migrants and their ability to send money home to their families, says the World Bank’s latest edition of the Migration and Development Brief, released today.
22 April 2016
News
A new report from the World Bank has recorded a massive 20% drop in the numbers of unbanked consumers, as 700 million adults worldwide joined the formal banking system and became account holders between 2011 and 2014.
16 April 2015
A World Bank report puts the global amount of remittances in 2014 at $582 billion and estimates that migrants paid an average of 7.9% in fees on these money transfers.
09 October 2014
World Bank development investment offshoot IFC has invested $7 million in SafetyPay, a US-based company that enables consumers to pay for goods and services over the Web direct from their own bank account.
15 July 2013
Remittance flows to the developing world are expected to total $406 billion this year, says the World Bank, but the promise of mobile remittances has yet to be fulfilled.
23 November 2012
Around three-quarters of the world's population now have access to a mobile phone, sparking the creation of an emerging 'app economy', according to a new report by the World Bank.
19 July 2012
Around three quarters of the world's poor, living on less than $2 a day, do not have a bank account but mobile phones are helping to change this, according to a report from the World Bank.
20 April 2012
The World Bank has severed electronic links with the International Monetary Fund after warnings that IMF computer systems had been infiltrated by an unknown foreign power.
13 June 2011
Virtual online currencies and digital work are helping to fuel growth and provide real income opportunities to poor and unskilled workers in developing countries, according to a World Bank study.
08 April 2011
The World Bank is tapping the expertise of former Safaricom boss Michael Joseph to advise on the expansion of mobile money programmes in member states.
23 February 2011
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