Top Ten Blog Posts of 2020

Based on their publication, COVID19: A Framework for the Microfinance Sector, Ira Lieberman and Paul DiLeo share a proposal for key principles and structures to help MFIs and their clients survive the pandemic-induced economic crisis.

This was our first blog post as the pandemic went global, and we invited our readers to join an open discussion among the global financial inclusion and microfinance community on the effects of this pandemic and how organizations are preparing to deal with it.

This was the first blog post of the newly formed Microfinance Coalition, which aimed to raise the voice of microfinance organizations and the people they serve, and to collaborate on the most pressing needs for the sector.

How can microfinance institutions get to the other side of coronavirus with customer and employee relationships intact?

Three principles for communicating and strengthening relationships with clients through and beyond the current crisis.

Belgian development finance institution BIO shares the results of their client survey and how they are changing their practices to better support MFIs.

After their introductory blog, the Microfinance Coalition shared a series of calls to actions for different stakeholders. This blog post focuses on how investors can support MFIs to respond to the needs of the base of the pyramid during the pandemic.

COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on women must be urgently addressed through the provision of digital financial literacy and access.

Survey data from 60 Decibels show that despite improving MFI performance, clients are becoming more vulnerable as the COVID-19 crisis goes on.

BRAC's experience in Bangladesh shows how digital wallets can act as a tool to include low-income households, especially women, in the financial system.

Ibrahim Eid, whose Valify solution won the 2019 Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize, explains how e-KYC works and how a digital identity can give customers access to financial services

Opening a bank account in many countries is a cumbersome process requiring official documents that women often don't have. Digital ID systems can make this process more accessible and help enable women’s financial inclusion. 

Growing interest in stablecoins and digital currencies leads us to ask some key questions about their potential for the underbanked.