Our #FinEquity2021  Annual Meeting of the global FinEquity community convened by CGAP showcased proven solutions and ongoing efforts related to increasing the gender balance in the financial services industry, conducting gender  analysis, and designing for  women’s inclusion – taking both a global and a regional lens. 

This publication provides insights into micro, small and medium enterprises’ access to funding through the alternative finance industry in Latin America based on 540 survey responses from MSMEs in the region.

This reading deck for regulators shows how expanding rural Cash-in/Cash-out (CICO) agent networks is key to ensuring more inclusive digital financial systems, illustrates industry innovations that are making rural CICO more viable and presents a set of regulatory considerations that can enable such innovations within a stable financial system. 

This reading deck for policy makers shows how rural Cash-in/Cash-out (CICO) agent network expansion is key to ensuring poor people can capture the benefits of digital financial ecosystems and presents a set of policies that have been effective in enabling rural CICO in a way that benefits vulnerable segments.

The paper offers analyses of public data on gender gaps in savings, credit, insurance, and pensions in India.

The framework presented in this research helps understand which channel individuals choose for conducting financial transactions and why.

This webinar will feature the launch of the fifth edition of the Financial Inclusion Compass 2022 led by author e-MFP’s Sam Mendelson joined by Stuart Rutherford and Apricot Wilson.