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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
FinDev Blog
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
FinDev Blog
Yes, Microfinance Is Alive, But Does It Still Matter?
According to many in the impact investment industry, microfinance is dead - yesterday's solution at best. Fortunately for people at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), no one told microfinance that it has died. But where is it going now and what do MFIs need to do to stay relevant?
By Paul DiLeo, Ira Lieberman
FinDev Blog
New Global Findex: What You Need to Know
The latest Findex shows global progress on access to financial services, but it also illustrates challenges in reaching marginalized groups and increasing usage.
By Greta Bull, CGAP
FinDev Blog
Being Smart About Mobile Money
A case study with two financial service providers in Burkina Faso explores seven risks involved in bringing savings groups into digital finance.
By Bobbi Gray, Christian Loupeda, Grameen Foundation
FinDev Blog
Three Years Later: Financial Services Spur Recovery Following Nepal’s Gorkha Earthquake
Study finds that access to formal savings and loans played a critical role in coping with disaster
By Jill Scantlan, Rebecca Radix, Mercy Corps
FinDev Blog
Fintech As a Pathway to Financial Inclusion? The Case of China
The opportunities and risks of fintech are front of mind for financial sector policymakers these days, and many are looking to China for inspiration and guidance. What can we learn from the Chinese experience?
By Douglas Randall, Jennifer Chien, World Bank Group
FinDev Blog
Untapped Potential: Behavior Change Approaches To Address Gender Norms
Integrating social and behavior change communication in women’s economic empowerment programming to address social gender norms that affect financial inclusion.
By Nisha Singh
FinDev Guide
Gateway Guide to Youth Financial Inclusion
In this Gateway Guide, we present you with the latest publications on youth financial services, entrepreneurship and employment, and financial education.
FinDev Blog
Five Common Misconceptions About Financial Education for Children and Youth
Child and Youth Finance International believes that ending poverty requires teaching children and youth how to manage money responsibly.
By Emma Broholm, Megan Buxton, Sophie Yates, Child and Youth Finance International