Tagged: women

France Crowdfunding: Financement Participatif France (FPF) Highlights Participation of Female Investors, Employees

Financement Participatif France (FPF), the French Crowdfunding Association, has distributed an X that highlights women’s participation in the securities crowdfunding sector. Notoriously, the VC sector has supported fewer female-founded firms than crowdfunding platforms. Recently, Financement Participatif posted a report on investment crowdfunding activity in the… Read More

Financial Education: SoFi Provides Resources to Help Women Learn More About Personal Finance, Investing, Saving

Nearly two-thirds of women report that personal finances impact their mental health “a lot or somewhat,” according to a new survey conducted by SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), the digital personal finance company and all-in-one app. And nearly two-thirds (65%) disclosed they are “not comfortable with the… Read More

NMB Bank Issues “Gender Bond” on Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX)

NMB Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has listed its first “gender bond” on the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX). The bond holds a face value of  TZS 74 billion or the equivalent to USD $ 32 million). In a special event… Read More

International Women’s Day: Seedrs Has Helped Female Founded Businesses Raise £459 Million

Seedrs, a top securities crowdfunding platform owned by Republic, has revealed that it has helped female-founded firms raise £459 million. When you compare this number to the total amount raised on the platform, Seedrs is clearly generating significant traction in leveling the playing field for… Read More

Women and Minorities in Crowdfunding: Report Highlights How Reg CF Delivers Higher than Average Funding Success

  One of the key elements of online capital formation is the fact that geography is not as important. While traditional venture hubs, like the Bay area and New York City, continue to garner much of the activity in securities crowdfunding, expanding access to capital… Read More

Visa, First Abu Dhabi Bank, DBWC Introduce “She’s Next” Initiative in UAE

Visa (NYSE: V), which claims to be the leader in virtual payments, recently announced the launch of its global She’s Next initiative in the United Arab Emirates in order to economically empower women entrepreneurs. The initiative has been introduced with assistance from First Abu Dhabi… Read More

NanoPay Aliada Digital Card, a Fintech Product for Women, Introduced in Mexico

In addition to financial services, the Aliada Digital Card offers a range of free “basic” assistance, such as a 24-hour online doctor, ambulance service, unlimited online counseling with a psychologist, legal advice and “one-click concierge services,” as well as “all the benefits offered by the… Read More

Boring Money, a Fintech Helping Consumers Find Investment Products, Secures £2.2M via Crowdcube

Boring Money, a company that helped 1 million consumers find the appropriate investment products and advice, has raised 124% (£2,237,469) of its £1,800,000 target from 671 investors (at the time of writing) with 2 days left in its crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube. The company reports… Read More

UK’s easyMoney Reveals that A Third of Women Don’t Invest Because they Don’t Know Enough About It: Survey

First came the gender pay gap, and now all eyes seem to be on the investment gap – and this time it’s bigger (a lot bigger), according to an update from easyMoney. UK’s easyMoney, the investment platform from Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s easy family of brands… Read More

Financial Health Elusive for Many: Report

The Financial Health Network today unveiled the Financial Health Pulse: 2021 U.S. Trends Report. The report, now in its fourth year, provides competing narratives of financial health in America as the pandemic “recovery” sits at an inflection point. The Nation’s Financial Health is Slowly Improving Overall… Read More

Assetz Capital Reveals that Women are Less Likely to Invest than Men, P2P Lender to “Challenge” Gender Investment Gap

Assetz Capital, a peer-to-peer lender that originates secured loans, asks why there are only 20% of women investing via online platforms. As mentioned in a blog post by Assetz Capital, there’s a “misconception” that investing is suitable or appropriate for only a “certain type” of… Read More

Leading Canadian Crowdfunding Platform FrontFundr Partners with The51 to Support Women-led Businesses

FrontFundr, a private markets investment platform in Canada, and The51, a “Financial Feminist platform” that seeks to foster access to capital for women-led businesses, have launched a new pilot program where early-stage companies will be featured on both platforms. The two organizations hope to address… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates are Now Backing New Digital Payments System in Pakistan which Supports Financial Inclusion for Women

Pakistan has introduced a state-managed instant digital payments platform in order to promote greater financial inclusion. The new online payments system, Raast, has been launched to support women who might have been financially marginalized or unable to access modern financial services for a long time…. Read More

Digital Mortgage Exchange MAXEX Launches ESG Loan Programs Specifically For Minority, Women & Veteran-Owned Lenders

  MAXEX, a U.S.-based digital mortgage exchange, announced on Monday the launch of the first two programs in its new Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) business line. According to MAXEX, the initial programs are designed to support the growth of minority, women, and veteran-owned… Read More

Wirex Unveils “Rising Women in Crypto Power List”

Digital payments platform Wirex announced on Monday the unveiling of its “2020 Rising Women in Crypto Power List” Wirex claims that the List, which was done in partnership with The Fintech Times, received a total of 367 entries and features the ten most inspirational women… Read More

Lending Marketplace Lendio Provides $500,000 in Microloans to Women Owned Businesses in Kiva Parntership

Lendio, an SME lending marketplace, has announced that “Lendio Gives,” its employee-contribution and employer-matching program, has provided more than 20,000 Kiva micro-loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world with 19,417 delivered to women-owned businesses in 79 countries. Kiva is a non-profit lending platform well known… Read More

Report Says Global Fintech Founders Dominated by Men but Women Founded Startups are Experiencing an Increase in Funding Raised

A report published by Deloitte highlights the Fintech industry and the disparity in gender when it comes to founders. As many people know, traditional finance has historically been dominated by the old boy network. Innovative financial services firms have experienced greater participation from women executives… Read More

Indian Microlending Firm SATYA MicroCapital Ltd Secures Over $9 Million in Debt Funding from BlueOrchard Finance Ltd

SATYA MicroCapital Ltd, a fast-growing micro-lending firm based in India, has reportedly secured INR 72.5 Crore (appr. $9.7 million) in capital from Switzerland’s impact investor, BlueOrchard Finance Ltd. This marks the second time that BlueOrchard has provided funding to SATYA since its launch in 2017…. Read More

Sallie Krawcheck’s Ellevest Launches Money Membership Services For Women+

Ellevest, a digital investment platform created for women and founded by Wall Street veteran Sallie Krawcheck, announced on Wednesday it is launching money membership services for women+. Founded in 2014, Ellevest was built by women, for women. The company is on a mission to get… Read More

Overfunding: Female Empowerment Brand Killing Kittens Quickly Surpasses £250,000 Funding Target Through Latest Seedrs Round

Female empowerment brand Killing Kittens quickly secured its initial £250,000 funding target through its latest Seedrs campaign. As previously reported, Killing Kittens stated it has grown to become one of the worlds leading brands in the female adult industry. The organization notably employs a female-first… Read More

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