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Mercuryo's new Swaps product offers fixed-quote token conversion across 24 assets and 21 blockchain networks, though it is unavailable in the US, UK
The Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program serves as Accion’s flagship food and beverage partnership in the United States, bringing together our mission-based organization with the entrepreneurially-minded br...
Co-operators in Scotland and beyond are remembering Alex Smith (1943–2026), who has died aged 83. He was a ...
During the ICA Global Cooperative Conference in September, Cooperative lawyers, academics and movement lead...
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Portfolio at risk
Share of the outstanding loan portfolio with a repayment more than 30 days overdue. The headline measure of loan quality.
overdue > 30 days ÷ gross loan portfolio
Operational self-sufficiency
Whether operating income covers the cost of running the institution. Above 100% means it pays its own way.
operating revenue ÷ (financial + loan-loss + operating expenses)
Portfolio yield
What the loan book actually earns once fees and interest are counted, a rough proxy for the price borrowers pay.
interest + fees ÷ average gross portfolio
Cost per borrower
How efficiently the institution serves each client. Digital channels and good core banking push it down.
operating expenses ÷ average active borrowers
From 3 to 6 November, AFI members from over 20 countries met in Islamabad for a joint learning program (JLP) on Inclusive Green Finance (IGF) policy implementation. Th...
AFI GlobalOn 4 November, the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) held a virtual peer learning session with the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to discuss innovative framewor...
AFI GlobalRebecca Radix 10 November 2026 Serious illness rarely arrives as a single shock. Treatment has to be paid for at the moment the household’s earning capacity is reduced...
CGAPThis past week in Beijing, AFI CEO Dr. Alfred Hannig joined policymakers, regulators, researchers, and industry leaders at the International Forum for China Financial ...
AFI Globaltmehdi 27 October 2026 Slide Deck Reading Deck - Integrating Outcomes into Decisions: An Organizational Reflection Tool Date 12 November 2026 Authors Estelle Lahaye Ch...
CGAPKUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA—The IIF G20 Conference: The G20 Agenda under the Turkish Presidency’s Financial Inclusion and New Technologies session on 8 February 2015 in Ist...
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Aldar and ADIB have launched two Visa co-branded cards tied to the Darna loyalty programme, offering up to 10% back on retail and hospitality
The next chapter of India’s Government e Marketplace (GeM) is to evolve from a digital marketplace into strategic procurement infrastructure. In this blog, we look at global lessons that highlight the need for stronge...
The partnership will support the development of a new investment platform, already attracting interest from 19 Nigerian pension...
Nairobi April 21, 2016 – As part of its drive to enhance the positioning of Kenya as a premier investment destination, the Capi...
From 2016, FSD Africa will increase its focus on inclusive financial sector development in Fragile and Conflict Affected States...
For years, donors and regulators have been trying to cook up more mature consumer credit markets in Africa. We used to think we...
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