President Joe Biden (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Getty Images Do you qualify for $10 billion of Covid-19 mortgage aid? Here’s what you need to know. Mortgage Relief Inside the latest stimulus package, there’s a lesser known type of Covid-19 relief that could help millions of homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments. While
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In many parts of the world, women have had less access to financial services than men for years. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenge. At the onset of the pandemic, more women than men lost jobs. Sectors that absorb women workers such as tourism and personal services were hardest hit. In 2019, women accounted
“It is unclear whether child-care issues will prevent women from returning to employment as the economy recovers,” wrote economist Betsey Stevenson (University of Michigan) in a July 2020 essay for The Hamilton Project. In the essay, Stevenson laid out a set of economic indicators and issues that if left unresolved, could lead to permanent labor
Sep 2nd 2021 HAVING IMPRESSED the world by taming the virus last year, Vietnam is now in the middle of its worst outbreak of covid-19 by far. Parts of the country are in strict lockdown and a swathe of factories, from those making shoes for Nike to those producing smartphones for Samsung, have either slowed
By IWFglobal | September 01, 2021 IWF member Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President & CEO of Women’s World Banking, shares three key points for expanding women’s financial inclusion in response to the impact of the ongoing pandemic. 1. Digitize government benefits payments Distributing Government-to-Person (G2P) payments via digital channels is a proven way to boost financial inclusion
Sam Gupta, Director & CEO, RBP Finivis Amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, fintechs have been at the forefront of India’s financial inclusion efforts. Among the new crop of fintechs in the country, Panchkula-based RBP Finivis is rapidly expanding its footprint. In an interaction with Financial Express (Online), its director & chief executive officer