This study delves into women's experiences as users of online lending platforms in Indonesia using a gender lens to examine the risks in online lending platforms unique to women.

This study shares findings from three pilots, in collaboration with six partners, conducted as part of the action research agenda to experiment with product diversification, capacity building, and customer empowerment.

This report identifies several emerging risks related to open finance, and proposes ways in which these risks can be measured, monitored, and mitigated against by leveraging the data available in open finance ecosystems.

This report provides emerging insights on the role of mobile and digital technology in accessing and delivering climate finance in low- and middle-income countries.

The paper discusses fairness in artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled credit-scoring systems, and highlights the importance of considering the strategic role of the organization when developing and evaluating fair algorithm-enabled decision systems. 

This technical note helps explain why changes in instant payment pricing are occurring, assesses their impact on market development, and offers suggestions for the path forward.

This technical note is framed to help policymakers and payment system operators understand recent trends in payment initiation and customer experience in making interoperable payments work better for low-income populations.

This 34-country microinsurance landscape report tracks the uptake of inclusive insurance products and services in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. 

This report focuses on the role of catalytic capital in the digital credit industry and highlights the limitations of a framework that does not consider broader market-level consequences of such investments.

This note discusses examples from MSC's Financial Diaries research on informal enterprises and provides recommendations for policymakers and financial service providers to address the credit gap for them.