A five-year blended finance program centered on market-conducive incentives shows that loan portfolio guarantees are not necessary for serving refugees.

Taking steps to address financial abuse offers an opportunity to better serve women. By applying a financial abuse lens, FSPs can better identify barriers that prevent women from fully utilizing financial services. This understanding paves the way for developing gender-responsive products that not only protect women from harm, but also expand access to underserved segments. In this blog, FinEquity's Swati Mehta, shares how addressing this issue presents an opportunity for FSPs to reduce risks and create safer and more inclusive financial systems.

Mastercard introduces Connect Plus, a data-consent command center, and new enhanced identity and device intelligence features.

An updated take on "What We're Reading". The FinEquity Africa team brings you a curated list of women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment content we've been consuming recently, from podcasts, new initiatives and articles to videos and social posts. 

This case study explores how Global Partnerships integrates outcomes data into investment decisions, highlighting key enablers for success, including leadership support, impact-driven strategy, and collaborative partnerships with financial service providers.

This paper presents lessons learned from initiatives that aim to increase financial inclusion among low-income young women, ages 15–24, in low- and middle-income countries.

Supporting financial regulators to develop policies that close the gender gap in financial inclusion; building the women’s leadership pipeline in regulatory organizations.

The $20 million facility will boost financial inclusion for individuals and small businesses in Kenya’s most underserved regions that serve as a home to hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people from countries across Africa.