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World Bank Group and BBVA Close Their First Significant Risk Transfer Transaction to Expand SME Financing in Mexico

By leveraging innovative risk management mechanisms, this transaction will help increase the availability of credit for companies with the potential to grow, invest, and create jobs.

FinEquity Blog

Scaling Mentorship for Women Entrepreneurs Without Losing the Human Touch

Can mentorship be scaled without losing its human touch? Strive Mexico tested what works for women entrepreneurs with diverse digital capabilities.

Publication May 2026

Advancing Competition for Financial Inclusion: Six Policy Considerations for Financial Sector Authorities

This Focus Note provides practical policy considerations for financial sector authorities to act on competition concerns using their existing mandates and regulatory toolkit. By applying a competition lens, authorities can promote competition in ways that advance financial inclusion while safeguarding stability, integrity, and consumer protection.
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Accion Announces New Program to Help Close Financing Gap for Women

With support from The Coca-Cola Foundation, Accion will partner with financial service providers in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, and Mexico to address challenges faced by women when accessing financial services.

Publication Jan 2025

Financial Inclusion of Vulnerable Sectors With a Gender Perspective: Risk Analysis Model With Artificial Intelligence Based on Complex Thinking

The objective of this study is to present a proposal for a gender-sensitive risk analysis model using artificial intelligence (AI) within the framework of complex thinking that provides access to opportunities, specifically for vulnerable populations such as women from underprivileged sections.

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Guidelines: Expanding Financial Inclusion to Women in Mexico

This document aims to guide financial institutions toward the intentional inclusion of women through concrete actions to adapt their product offering and make the necessary organizational and cultural changes.

Publication Oct 2024

Inclusive Fintech: How Startups Are Bridging the Finance Gap for Microenterprises

This focus note features a range of case studies based on CGAP's research and highlights the potential and actual impacts of microenterprise fintech models.

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Argentine Fintech Tapi Raises $22 Million Amid Expansion Into Mexico

The company projects it will process around $400 million in payments this year in the five countries in which it operate.

Publication Apr 2024

Open Finance Self-Assessment Tool and Development Roadmap

This technical guide introduces the open finance self-assessment tool and development roadmap. It provides practical tools for policymakers to use to decide whether to implement an open finance regime to advance financial inclusion.

Publication Mar 2024

Impact Investment Advances Inclusive Finance for ClimateSmart Agriculture

This case study outlines how Verqor, an agro-financing app which raised $7.5 million in financing in 2023, promotes climate adaptation and resilience, as well as how their metrics inform progress beyond financial returns.