Pathways to Financial Health
This study explores how four financial institutions serving diverse populations in Nigeria, Dominican Republic, Brazil and the Philippines are implementing products and solutions to reach the underbanked and support them on the financial inclusion journey toward financial health.
Inside the Financial Lives of Women Entrepreneurs
This financial diaries study follows a previous randomized controlled trial of Grameen America's program of group-based microloans for women, aiming to answer the question: how could improvements across multiple aspects of borrowers’ financial lives occur despite only modest increases in monthly net income?
Beyond the Checkbox: Can We Get Truly Meaningful Consent?
As open finance regimes proliferate, consumer experience frameworks must lay the foundation for consumer empowerment and protection.
Big Challenges for Small Firms
This study follows small businesses in low-income communities across Colombia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Indonesia to show how unpredictable week-to-week income and expenses shape everyday business decisions.
Building Women’s Financial Resilience Through a Digital Savings-Led Banking Model
A pilot program in India helped low-income women entrepreneurs grow their savings and integrate into the formal financial system.
Six Steps to Unlock Formal Credit Through VSLAs
Women-centered design and a strong coalition of partners are expanding business growth opportunities for VSLA members through a data-driven approach to credit assessment.
How AI and Human-Centered Design Can Transform Financial Inclusion in Colombia
A recent pilot used machine learning and digital tools to provide personalized financial recommendations for rural users, with promising results.
Financial Inclusion in the Blue Economy: The Case for a New Global Agenda
This positioning brief aims to catalyze a renewed global agenda for financial inclusion — one that recognizes the centrality of the blue economy to livelihoods, climate resilience, and food security.
Boosting Women’s Climate Resilience: Three Areas to Support FSPs
This blog explores three key ways FSPs can be supported to offer inclusive financial solutions that boost low-income women’s climate adaptation and resilience—through better data use, stronger institutional capacity, and increased funding.
2024 Pathway-to-17 Summit Reflection
FinEquity Africa Facilitator Tariro Nyimo reflects on the 2024 Pathway-to-17 Summit, which spotlighted gender equality, innovative solutions, and vibrant collaboration to drive women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion in Africa.