For more than 15 years, dozens of data points for each provider have been collected, analyzed, and reported through MIX Market, the microfinance data service operated by MIX.

The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk.

This dataset includes measures of depth, access, efficiency, and stability of financial systems for 214 economies.

This dataset estimates the number of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the world, and the degree of access to credit and use of deposit accounts for formal and informal MSMEs.

Conducted from June to December 2020, the CGAP Global Pulse Survey of Microfinance Institutions was the first survey that aims to capture the full picture of COVID-19’s impact on microfinance at the global, regional, and national levels.

The 2019 Global Fintech Survey polled more than 500 financial services and technology, media and telecommunications executives worldwide and analyzed their responses.

The GPSS aims to take an accurate snapshot of payment systems worldwide to obtain information on payment system reforms and the factors which hinder and/or facilitate them in order to help guide policy-dialogue at the international and national levels, and World Bank Group technical assistance.

The Financial Access Survey, launched in 2009, is a supply-side dataset on access to and use of financial services aimed at supporting policymakers to measure and monitor financial inclusion and benchmark progress against peers.

The survey provides important insights into the performance of mobile financial services deployments that target unbanked and underserved customers globally. 

This survey builds on existing research and gauges the economic prospects and pursuits of more than 7,000 young people in 45 cities across 32 countries around the world.