Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA) Archives

LAST DAYS: How UMRA Failed Uganda’s Most Vulnerable Borrowers

Paul MurungiFinance The Big StoryJune 17, 2025June 21, 2025

As the sun prepares to set on the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA), a withering report by the Auditor General lays bare a sobering truth. In just 12 months before…

UMRA, PostBank collaborate to digitize SACCOs using Wendi mobile wallet

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryOctober 22, 2024October 22, 2024

The Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA) and PostBank Uganda have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate a collaboration aimed at digitizing the operations of Tier IV Microfinance Institutions…

gnuGrid CRB’s Mobile Credit Score to revolutionise lending to unserved and underserved populations⏤ Ministry of Finance

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News Fintechs News & AnalysisApril 9, 2024April 16, 2024

Moses Ogwapus, the Commissioner of Financial Services, Ministry Of Finance, Planning And Economic Development has hailed gnuGrid and Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited’s Mobile Credit Score as an “innovative mobile…

STAKEHOLDERS: GnuGrid CRB and Airtel’s new Mobile Credit Scoring system to herald a new dawn in digital lending and financial inclusion

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJanuary 29, 2024January 29, 2024

Public and private sector stakeholders as well as development partners, in Uganda’s financial services ecosystem, have welcomed GnuGrid CRB and Airtel Mobile Commerce’s Mobile Credit Score as a significant milestone…

GnuGrid CRB and Airtel Mobile Commerce Launch Uganda’s First-Ever Mobile Credit Scoring System

CEO East Africa MagazineCompany News News & AnalysisJanuary 29, 2024January 29, 2024

GnuGrid CRB, Uganda’s first and only indigenous credit reference bureau to be licensed by the Bank of Uganda and Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited, a provider of affordable and secure…