Digital Payments Help Small Businesses In a region where only about 40 percent have access to finance, digitizing payments will give FIs greater reach, said IFC's regional head, Sufyan Al Issa.
Joining the Swiss Economic Cooperation of the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (SECO), IFC is supporting a program to help Colombian FIs use securities to expand credit for entrepreneurs.
IFC held a conference where leaders from across the region shared ideas on expanding access to supply-chain finance in Vietnam and other APEC economies.