Magnifying the Power of Women’s Savings Groups
VisionFund has been exploring how formal loans to savings groups can help overcome capital constraints and improve members’ resilience.
Assessing the Future of Microfinance as a Development Tool: Continuing the Conversation
In this faiVLive, leaders from all parts of the microfinance sector continued exploring the present and future of microfinance in development policy and practice. Co-hosted by the Financial Access Initiative at NYU and FinDev Gateway.
Systemic Implications of Financial Inclusion
This study analyzes the impact of financial inclusion on various bank risk dimensions, including systemic risk, which has been underexplored.
The Microenterprise Mela - Size & Diversity of the Microenterprise Sector in India
This document combines data from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises with M-CRIL’s 40+ years of experience studying every aspect of microenterprises in India and in a dozen other countries in Asia as well as to some extent in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa and other countries.
Financial Inclusion and Disruptive Innovation: Regulatory Implications
Responsible Digital Finance Ecosystem (RDFE) : A Conceptual Framework
This RDFE conceptual framework seeks to encourage financial sector authorities, and other key ecosystem actors, to boost financial consumer protection in the digital era with a holistic vision of the ecosystem.
Fintech for Women’s Financial Inclusion in Tanzania
This case study shares lessons from from Laina Finance and Mipango Finance in Tanzania.
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Social Finance
AI has the potential to transform social finance, but it also presents a number of challenges related to data privacy and security, bias and fairness, transparency and explainability, technical complexity and employment.
Singapore Fintech Festival
Designed to foster impactful connections and collaborations, Singapore Fintech Festival is a platform to explore the intersections of cutting-edge financial solutions, evolving regulatory landscapes, and the latest technological innovations.