“Societies aren’t fully tapping their potential if they’ve got half of the population on the sidelines.” That statement by Wendy Teleki, head of The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) Secretariat at the World Bank, is a direct reference to women, and particularly women-owned small and...
In some ways, the dawn of 2020 is a golden time for female entrepreneurs — in that there are more female-founded firms than ever before. In fact, women are founding new firms at 1.5 times the rate of their male counterparts. However, while women may...
In early 2019, Visa launched the “She’s Next, Empowered by Visa” initiative to boost women-owned small businesses (SMBs) around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. Since its launch in the U.S. earlier this year, the program has hosted workshops in New York, Atlanta...
To help female founders of FinTech firms, Wells Fargo, Discover and PayPal are working to help bring venture funds to FinTech startups launched by women. With those efforts, a Female Founders in FinTech Live Pitch event was held at the SoHo office at PayPal on...
July 29, 2022
Female-led companies made meaningful gains in 2021, but the work of using digital technology to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs is just starting its ascent, dealing not only with classic obstacles facing women in business but strong economic headwinds. The May/June 2022 report “Female Entrepreneurs and Technology: Building New Markets and Better Opportunities,” […]
February 16, 2022
“Societies aren’t fully tapping their potential if they’ve got half of the population on the sidelines.” That statement by Wendy Teleki, head of The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) Secretariat...
February 10, 2020
In some ways, the dawn of 2020 is a golden time for female entrepreneurs — in that there are more female-founded firms than ever before. In fact, women are founding...
October 22, 2019
In early 2019, Visa launched the “She’s Next, Empowered by Visa” initiative to boost women-owned small businesses (SMBs) around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. Since its launch...
March 08, 2019
To help female founders of FinTech firms, Wells Fargo, Discover and PayPal are working to help bring venture funds to FinTech startups launched by women. With those efforts, a Female Founders in FinTech Live Pitch event was held at the SoHo office at PayPal on Thursday (March 8) night, American Banker reported. Wells Fargo Head […]
March 07, 2019
Bank of America has pledged $100 million to the Tory Burch Foundation to make capital available to women in the business sector who might not otherwise have access to it,...
March 08, 2017
Following the release of the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) today (Mar. 7), it was revealed that 34.8 percent of businesses in Uganda are owned by women entrepreneurs, making...
