Grameen Foundation India shares how they are working on the first step of improving women’s digital financial literacy.

Crowdfunding is gaining in worldwide popularity and in the inclusive finance sector. But who is the crowd of these platforms and what deals do they fund? As part of this year’s European Microfinance Week, Marloes Noppen will participate in a panel which attempts to answer these and other questions.

To kick off Financial Inclusion Week 2018, we sat down with Beth Rhyne, Managing Director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion (CFI), to hear her thoughts on this year's theme, Getting Inclusion Right, and CFI's 10th anniversary.

Five key questions we have (partially) answered so far at the Savings Learning Lab

Mobile offers significant potential to engage people at scale, connecting them to services and solutions that can improve their everyday lives. The rise of mobile banking products, such as Safaricom’s mPesa in Kenya and other digital financial services, show that overcoming specific contextual challenges and responding to the demand of low-income people at scale, requires digitally-led solutions.

Drawing on the findings from recently released market studies in Jordan and Uganda, here are the top five recommendations for financial service providers (FSPs) willing to contribute to the financial inclusion of refugees.

Agriculture has not been an easy nut to crack for the microfinance industry. While small family farms are the basis of agricultural production in developing countries, this sector faces many challenges, especially funding. Funders can help to find better pathways to reach small farmers.

Some say regulatory issues, others cite fear of mission drift. But all of these can be overcome.

Have we formed unrealistic expectations for this new technology?

Leveraging distributed ledger technology to promote financial inclusion and sustainable development