April 2019 


Financial Times

The Secret Life of Supply Chains
Harvard Business School Report

IMF: 'Women are good for the economy'
Public Finance International


 
L'Orient Le Jour [In French]

Decypha
IFC Website
An Economic Forum on 'The Challenges of Financing Agricultural Value Chains'
ActuDaily [In French]
Related news in All Africa [In French]

La Tribune Afrique [In French]






Group Calls for Increased Support for Female Entrepreneurs
IFC's WeFi initiative is aimed at reducing the finance gap for women entrepreneurs by unlocking more than $1 billion in financing for their businesses. Its first regional conference was held in Côte d'Ivoire.
Related coverage in Devex, and in L'Expansion L'Express [In French] 

IFC's DigiLab Holds Workshop 
in Mexico City
Supporting financial institutions' digital transformation to help them better serve individuals and SMEs, DigiLab hosted a workshop on April 1. IFC is helping to develop digital finance across Latin America, especially in smaller markets.


City Bank Receives the 'Best Premium Banking Award 2019'
The award went to the bank's priority banking division, Citygem. It offers special services to more than 4,500 customers. IFCs' Quantum Leap implementation will help the bank to upgrade another 900 high-value customers.
Sustainable Finance Forum on Approaching Future of Finance
IFC's Rahajeng Pratiwi attended the forum on the theme of Implementing Sustainable Finance: Lessons Learned from Several Countries. Suahasil Nazara of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance, along with other high-level government officials, also attended.

Headquartered in Singapore, DBS is a leading bank in Asia, with more than 9 million customers in 18 markets.  Participants learned about DBS' digital transformation. 

21-22 May 2019
3-5 June 2019
13-14 June 2019
18-19 June 2019
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