Category: World Bank

Philippines Downgraded in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Rankings

by Joachim Bartels | Nov 9, 2018 | ! Recent Country News, Consumer Credit Information, Credit Bureau News, Credit Information, Credit Registers, Philippines, World Bank | 0 |

THE World Bank has defended its methodology, amid complaints filed by the Philippine government...

The Microfinance Financial Inclusion Model Appears not to be Working

by Joachim Bartels | Dec 13, 2017 | Credit Bureau News, Industry Dynamics, International, Lending Platforms, Lending Solutions, Microfinance, Microfinance, SME Access to Finance Issue, SME Business Issues, Users of Information, World Bank | 0 |

The World Bank published recently a Policy Research Working Paper 8252 which indicates that...

Global SME Finance Forum 2016 – September 19th to 20th 2016 – Beijing, China

by Joachim Bartels | Apr 1, 2016 | China, IFC SMEFF, IFC World Bank Group, Industry Dynamics, September 2016, SME Access to Finance Issue, World Bank | 0 |

The Global SME Finance Forum 2016 will explore the latest trends in financial innovation around...

Bank Negara Malaysia -World Bank Group Credit Infrastructure Programme, April 4-8, 2016, Lanai Kijang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

by Joachim Bartels | Jan 12, 2016 | April 2016, BIIA News from Asia Pacific, Collateral Registers, Consumer Credit Reporting, Credit Reporting, Financial Inclusion, Financial Infrastructure, Malaysia, Public Sector Information, Regulatory News, Secured Transactions, SME Access to Finance Issue, The BIIA Network, Users of Information, World Bank | 0 |

Building on the success of past trainings, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and World Bank Group (WBG),...

Data Restrictions May Hurt South African Commerce

by Joachim Bartels | Nov 6, 2015 | Data Protection, Industry Dynamics, Privacy & Data Protection, Regulatory News, South Africa, Trade Credit, World Bank | 0 |

New laws to protect personal information in South Africa risk stifling business growth by halting...

Is it Time for the Credit Scoring Industry to Have an Official Set of Global Guiding Principles?

by Joachim Bartels | Oct 6, 2015 | Analytics, Consumer Credit Reporting, Credit Reporting, Credit Scoring & Decision System, Credit Scoring & Decision System, International, Regulatory Framework, The BIIA Network, World Bank | 0 |

Credit Scoring, the process of building mathematical models to predict future credit behavior, is...

Facilitating SME Financing Through Improved Credit Reporting

by Joachim Bartels | Mar 31, 2014 | BIIA News, Business Information, Credit Information, Credit Reporting, IFC World Bank Group, Member, Member News, SME Access to Finance Issue, Users of Information, World Bank | 0 |

The World Bank International Committee on Credit Reporting has released a report titled...

IFC (World Bank Group) Publishes Credit Reporting Knowledge Guide 2012

by Joachim Bartels | Dec 27, 2012 | Consumer Credit Information, Credit Bureau Operations, Credit Information, Credit Reporting, Financial Inclusion, IFC World Bank Group, SME Access to Finance Issue, Users of Information, World Bank | 0 |

The revised Credit Reporting Knowledge Guide 2012 aims to support the dissemination of knowledge on best practices in credit reporting development based on IFC’s experience. The original Credit Bureau Knowledge Guide (2006)...

General Principles for Credit Reporting (Consultative Report)

by Joachim Bartels | Nov 24, 2011 | Consumer Credit Reporting, World Bank | 0 |

In 2009 the World Bank, with support from the Bank for International Settlements assembled a Task Force to work on credit information standards Task Force members came from Central banks (including PBC) financ.ial and privacy...

World Bank Issues General Principles on Credit Reporting for the Financial Services Sector

by Joachim Bartels | Mar 16, 2011 | BIIA News, Commercial Credit Reporting, Consumer Credit Information, Credit Information, International Finance Corporation, Transborder Data Flow, Users of Information, World Bank | 0 |

The World Bank, in collaboration with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), various central banks and members of the information industry represented by ACCIS (Europe), BIIA (Asia Pacific) and CDIA (USA), has been...