From access to education to pay parity and boardroom diversity, much has been done to advance gender equality around the world. But as the world marks International Women’s Day on Wednesday (March 8) to celebrate “the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women,” there...
Visa Foundation says it wants to help Africa’s underfunded female-led startups take off. Visa Foundation announced Thursday (March 2) that it would give $1 million from its $200 million Equitable Access Initiative to help women-owned small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Sub-Saharan Africa grow. The...
A “huge financing gap,” estimated at $2 trillion globally, is holding back international trade. Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain finance program at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), told ANC that figure is up from $1.7 trillion years ago. Small and medium-sized businesses...
Technically speaking, Abingdon Mullin is the CEO of a company that sells watches crafted for women. But realistically, she sells adventure with every one of her aviator watches, which actually got their start back in 2014 when she appeared on Shark Tank. Six years and thousands of...
October 01, 2019
When the economy crashed in 2008, and fully bottomed out in June 2009 credit across the board froze. Consumer, enterprise and SMB lending all ground to a near halt and underwriters across the spectrum struggled to regain equilibrium after a crisis in mortgage underwriting bloomed into a plague that destabilized the entire global economic system. […]
January 15, 2019
Women are starting small businesses at a faster rate than ever before, a trend global in scope. Offering access to everything from research to peer workshops, Visa is launching She’s...
April 11, 2023
Mastercard has launched a suite of solutions for female business owners in Latin America and the Caribbean. The solutions include access to financing, continuous education and a health program, Mastercard said in a Tuesday (April 11) press release. “With these resources, Mastercard aims to help female business owners address the barriers that still block their […]
March 02, 2023
Visa Foundation says it wants to help Africa’s underfunded female-led startups take off. Visa Foundation announced Thursday (March 2) that it would give $1 million from its $200 million Equitable...
February 02, 2023
A “huge financing gap,” estimated at $2 trillion globally, is holding back international trade. Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain finance program at the Asian Development Bank (ADB),...
December 09, 2019
Macy’s is partnering with the female-led millennial venture capital fund SoGal Ventures to launch an in-store initiative focused on women-owned businesses, Macy’s said in a press release on Thursday (Dec....
