Digital Payments — Not Cash — Is Now King in Asia’s Payment Ecosystem
Notwithstanding border restrictions, the region’s digital payments ecosystem is growing as countries collaborate to connect their domestic payment systems.
Guideline Note on Data Privacy for Digital Financial Services
The purpose of the Guideline Note is to provide non-binding guidance for a comprehensive, risk-based and proportionate policy and regulatory framework for data privacy for digital financial services.
Algorithmic Bias, Financial Inclusion, and Gender
A primer on opening up new credit to women in emerging economies
Narrowing the Gender Gap in Mobile Banking
Evidence from field experiments in Bangladesh examining the gender gap in the adoption and usage of mobile banking
Creating a Resilient New Normal for Savings Groups
World Vision shares how they are working to support community-level financial institutions and promote grassroots-level transformation of the financial system
Africa’s Mobile Money Industry Keeps Growing Despite COVID-19
Africa is at the forefront of a digital financial transformation as the continent leads the world in mobile money inclusion.
CGAP CEO Greta Bull: All Humanity Can Benefit from the Digitization of Finance
Investing in digital finance can build a better future for the poor, says the CEO of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor.
Payment System Design and the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap
This goal of this study is to understand if a better digital payment system design can create the conditions for more women to use digital financial tools.
A Multidimensional Approach to Defining and Measuring Financial Literacy in the Digital Age
The insights from this chapter provide a useful starting place for scholars to build upon to contribute to better-targeted digital financial literacy strategies that ensure no one is left behind in the digital transition.
Interoperability and Digital Finance: Emerging Guidance for Funders
This Technical Note aims to help funders understand the concept of interoperability, how instant payment systems can advance financial inclusion, and what funders can do to support their development.