Early results from a BRAC International pilot show how financial literacy training can enhance the impact of financial inclusion.

COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on women must be urgently addressed through the provision of digital financial literacy and access.

BRAC's experience in Bangladesh shows how digital wallets can act as a tool to include low-income households, especially women, in the financial system.

Informal Savings Mechanisms (ISMs) have long been important to many people’s day-to-day money management across Africa. But as formal financial services become much more prevalent in the region, what will happen to these ISMs? Will they fall by the wayside as the digital revolution takes over? 

The A-Card is a new business model helping smallholders in Bangladesh gain access to finance through a digitized four-way linkage between farmers, banks, MFIs and agricultural input retailers. CARE shares how it works and their lessons learned. 

What if the franchise was turned into a tool to solve developing world problems?