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Want to Close the Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion? Close the Gender Data Gap First
Data2X calls on key global bodies to recognize the importance of sex-disaggregated data, after attending AFI's Global Policy Forum earlier this month.
By Karen Mathiasen, Data2X
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Past the Tipping Point? A Look at Zambia’s Digital Financial Services Market
Digital financial services (DFS) and FinTech innovations continued to grow in 2017, with increased trust in DFS and more interoperability. But challenges remain...
By Uloma Ogba, UNCDF
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Racing To Become a Leader in Digitally-Enabled Financial Inclusion
With just one telco and a focus on rural markets, Ethiopia challenges many of our assumptions as it creates its own digital finance ecosystem.
By Shelley Spencer, Mandana Nakhai, Faith Bartz Tarr
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Guide to Gateway Webinars
The Gateway Webinar series enables financial inclusion practitioners to share lessons and attend online presentations and discussions delivered by the world's leading financial inclusion experts. Listen to these webinar recordings to catch up with the latest financial inclusion trends.
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5 Questions To Ask Before Signing Up for a Training
Are you interested in attending a training and are wondering if it is worth it? Or maybe you have received a request from your employees to attend a training, and you are weighing the costs and benefits? Answer these questions to figure out which trainings and events are right for you.
By Abigail Augusta, FinDev Gateway
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5 Things You Should Know About Financial Services for Refugees
High repayment rates, technology solutions, and new research tell us that it’s time for the financial industry to think about refugees.
By Micol Pistelli, UNHCR
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International Remittances: Why Is the Shift to Digital So Slow?
The uptake of digital remittances has been slower than hoped. Are we on the edge of a rapid revolution, or will the switch happen gradually, over many years? And is digital origination a key to driving down remittance costs?
By Xavier Martín Palomas, Digital Frontiers Institute
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Social Norms Are Difficult To Change, Can Entertainment Help?
Zari is a six-year-old girl who goes to school, skateboards and learns about making healthy choices – and is the most recognized children’s television character in Afghanistan. She is featured on Sesame Garden, the nation’s version of Sesame Street. She is also changing minds around the acceptability of girls’ education in a country with some of the lowest rates of girls’ primary school attendance in the world.
By Nisha Singh, Deena Burjorjee
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Grappling With India’s National Biometric-Based Payments System
India’s Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) is the world’s first national biometric-based payments system. In the two years since its launch, AePS has revealed both benefits and challenges as it seeks to expand financial inclusion. Grameen Foundation India has experienced these directly as we work to scale digital financial services and financial education.
How does AePS work?
AePS was designed to allow individuals to conduct financial transactions across any participating bank, using just three inputs:
By Rahul Ranjan Sinha, Gaurav Chakraverty, Grameen Foundation India
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Diving Into Data on Smallholder Families
Until now, reliable data on the financial lives of smallholder families has been scarce. Three new tools from CGAP, Insight2Impact, MIX and One Acre Fund shed light on this massive untapped market for financial services.
By Jamie Anderson, CGAP