Experiences from the Bahamas, China and Nigeria help illuminate the rocky path for other central banks interested in implementing their own digital currencies.

Approximately 16 million people in Colombia depend on income generated from micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Digital platforms and tools can help them grow, but uptake and use is impeded by diverse challenges.

The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the financial sector is spreading exponentially across advanced and emerging economies. What are the risks and opportunities presented by these innovations?

The role of executive leadership is key for microfinance institutions to move successfully towards the digital future.

Lessons from traditional small-scale shopkeepers in Mexico on finding incentives beyond business education and cash provision

Takeaways from the African Microfinance Week (SAM) on overcoming the challenges and risks associated with digital transformation

Hedwig Siewertsen of AGRA discusses the different digital solutions for financing agricultural value chains that were shared at African Microfinance Week this year.

Microfinance Centre’s new CEO discusses the challenges of the pandemic, digital transformation and the future of inclusive finance.

More radical organizational change - in the form of self-management - is needed to solve microfinance’s optimization problem. 

There has been a need for traditional microfinance to face the challenge presented by digital technology for some time, COVID has simply accelerated this process.