As we celebrate Global Money Week, an Italian initiative provides insights on helping university students convert awareness into sustained saving behavior.

Banks and MFIs have often overlooked women nano-entrepreneurs as too costly to serve. But by reaching them through trusted savings groups and digital tools, financial institutions are finding viable ways to serve segments traditional lending has missed.

Through the launch of the WPS Savings Account, Bank Nizwa reaffirms its commitment to providing responsible Islamic financial solutions that promote workforce stability, regulatory compliance, and inclusive economic growth across the Sultanate.

This policy brief shares practical lessons from customer research on women’s saving behavior in Uganda, examining how different empowerment indicators perform in capturing women’s financial behaviors, decision‑making, and outcomes.

Drawing on country experiences from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and India, the study examines the growing interest in regulating savings groups to enhance trust, protect members’ savings, improve governance, enable linkages with formal financial institutions, and strengthen data collection.

Affordable health finance products boost resilience for urban slum dwellers in India.

A pilot program in India helped low-income women entrepreneurs grow their savings and integrate into the formal financial system.

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.

This evidence review synthesizes rigorous evidence on the impacts of savings groups on women's financial inclusion and economic activity in developing economies.