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Is Fintech Always Inclusive?
An IMF working paper looks at who fintech is helping and who it is leaving behind, using cross-country and emerging fintech data to see if fintech use is associated with narrowing class, rural and gender divides.
By Yoke Wang Tok, Dyna Heng, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
FinDev Blog
Rising Interest Rates, a Strong Dollar and Global Inflation Could Burden MFIs
How will the evolving global macroeconomic situation impact the microfinance sector in emerging markets? Financial inclusion consultant Erik Geurts shared his thoughts on a recent Let's Talk Microfinance podcast.
By Guy Rodwell, Financial Due Diligence Associates
FinDev Blog
What Findex 2021 Tells Us About Financial Inclusion in India
Digital financial services are helping drive financial inclusion, but infrastructural barriers remain.
By Niyati Agrawal, Rakshith Ponnathpur, Dvara Research
FinDev Blog
Artificial Intelligence in Financial Inclusion: How Should Supervisors Respond?
The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the financial sector is spreading exponentially across advanced and emerging economies. What are the risks and opportunities presented by these innovations?
By Denise Dias, Toronto Centre
FinDev Blog
How Can Small Scale Savings Be Offered Sustainably?
After six years of implementation, Scale2Save shares a number of lessons learned around the key drivers they identified for viable business models and the institutional factors that affect an FSP’s ability to offer low-balance savings products.
By Céline Stevens, Scale2Save
FinDev Blog
How to Invest With a Gender Lens
While adopting gender-smart strategies is something every investor should strive for - both because it is the right thing to do and because it makes good business sense - there is no straightforward roadmap for how to do it.
By Elvina Garayeva, Noémie Renier, Incofin IM
FinDev Guide
Guide to Inclusive Savings
In honor of World Savings Day, 31 October, this resource guide provides a curated list of recent work on inclusive savings solutions for low-income customers.
FinDev Blog
Rethinking MSME Financing: It's the Customer's Digital Transformation That Matters
As small businesses go digital, platform data can help MFIs better serve them, contributing to a healthier, more sustainable and more inclusive lending model.
By Denis Moniotte, Rubyx
FinDev Blog
Financial Inclusion in the Wake of the Pandemic
While poor and women borrowers suffered the most, they also benefited the most from gaining access to financial services, according to a survey of Triple Jump's partners.
By Till Bruckner, Juan Luis Podesta
FinDev Blog
Water and Wellbeing in a Changing World
A strong evidence base helps strengthen the case for water and sanitation financing to meet Sustainable Development Goal 6.
By Zehra Shabbir, Katrina Green, Water.org