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FinDev Interview
Advancing Financial Inclusion for Forcibly Displaced People
Daphnee Iglesias of the IRC shares the goals and priorities of the Community of Practice for Financial Inclusion of FDPs, and invites others to join their efforts.
FinDev Interview
Video Highlights From SAM 2023: Financial Inclusion and Climate Resilience
Earlier this month, FinDev Gateway conducted six video interviews, summarizing key insights from various sessions at African Microfinance Week 2023, showcasing their efforts in addressing climate risks.
FinDev Blog
Mobile Money and Interoperability: Competition vs. Financial Inclusion?
A new study shows that interoperability has contrasting effects for financial inclusion in Africa. While it helps lower fees, it also reduces geographical coverage, so how to strike the right balance?
By Markus K. Brunnermeier, Nicola Limodio, Lorenzo Spadavecchia
FinDev Blog
Bringing Agent Banking to Rural Women’s Self-Help Groups in India
While the spread of agent networks throughout rural India has helped bring banking to many people’s doorsteps, this type of service was inaccessible for informal groups until the recent spread of a new technical solution called Dual Authentication.
By Veenal Sukhwani, Pradip Das, Amit Arora
FinDev Blog
What Is Economic Violence and What Can Financial Service Providers Do About It?
While it may seem that economic violence could be outside the purview of financial service providers, it is important for the financial inclusion sector to understand and acknowledge this issue.
By Bobbi Gray, Grameen Foundation
FinDev Blog
How to Design Client-Centric Financial Solutions for Women Smallholders
BRAC International Microfinance shares five lessons from their experience designing and testing tailor-made agri-credit solutions in Rwanda, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
By Sadiaa Haque, Tahjib Shamsuddin, BRAC International Microfinance
FinDev Blog
A Fair Digital Finance Market Failure: What a Recent Consumer Protection Index Reveals
The fair digital finance index measures the consumer experience of digital financial services and has found that, while stark global differences do exist, consumer protection needs remain unmet across the board.
By Dr. Assad Umar, Consumers International
FinDev Blog
Agent Gender Matters, but How to Recruit and Retain Women Agents?
This blog post shares four strategies to help FSPs overcome the obstacles they face in onboarding female agents and create an environment that encourages women to join and thrive as agents.
By Anusha Jain, Rahul R. Sinha, Grameen Foundation India
FinDev Blog
A Win for Women in Rwanda
Mobile money – and concerted efforts by government and mobile money operators to promote it - has helped reduce the financial inclusion gender gap. But more needs to be done.
By Christine Hougaard, Fiacre N. Mushimire, Cenfri
FinDev Blog
Sweeter Prospects for Cocoa Farmers
Cocoa is one of the world’s most prized foods, but the smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire who produce it live in extreme poverty. Formal land ownership can improve their financial outlook.
By Scott Graham & Anahit Tevosyan, Finca International