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NanoPay's Aliada Digital Card: The First Fintech Solution Product for Women in Mexico

Officially launched in mid-March 2022, the Aliada Digital Card is available to all Mexican women over the age of 18 who wish to start or improve their credit history or continue exploring new forms of financing.

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Philippines: IFC, IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund, and IFC Emerging Asia Fund Invest in Voyager Innovations to Expand Digital Financial Services

The investment will enable Voyager to grow its platform and offer integrated, end-to-end digital financial services to consumers, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and large enterprises.

FinDev Blog

Incentives for Small Retailers to Climb the Modernization and Digitization Ladder

Lessons from traditional small-scale shopkeepers in Mexico on finding incentives beyond business education and cash provision

FinDev Blog

Digital Innovation: Three Key Lessons to Improve the Resilience of African MFIs and Their Clients

Takeaways from the African Microfinance Week (SAM) on overcoming the challenges and risks associated with digital transformation

Paper

Financial Inclusion: Connecting People to Finance, Health, and Education

This study explores how health, education, digital, and financial inclusion are all intertwined to unlock greater prosperity and wellbeing for communities across Middle East and Africa.

Paper

Digital Financial Literacy Campaign: Final Report

This publication shares an overview of Digital Financial Literacy Campaign Activity designed to increase the digital financial literacy and decision making skills of women so that they can effectively use digital financial services. 

Case Study

Role of Technology in Scaling up the BC Sakhi Network in Uttar Pradesh: A Lesson for Other States

This case study charts how Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission used technology to strengthen the BC Sakhi (women business correspondent) network in the state in an effort to improve the status of financial inclusion among rural adults.

Paper

Central Bank Digital Currencies: A New Tool in the Financial Inclusion Toolkit?

This paper draws on interviews conducted with nine central banks that are currently exploring retail central bank digital currencies. It shares concrete examples from their work and discusses challenges, risks and regulatory and legal implications.

Paper

Platforms, Livelihoods, and Inclusive Finance

This publication provides an overview of the increasing interconnectedness of platforms and financial service offerings and how platforms can push the frontiers of inclusive finance.

FinDev Blog

Why We Urgently Need Alternatives to the Investor-Driven Fintech Model

Fintech is the latest financial innovation thought capable of dramatically improving the lives of the global poor, but a more critical look is necessary to challenge this narrative.