Interviews with Financial Inclusion Experts

Why are so many people unbanked or underserved by traditional financial institutions? What can be done to help them? Hear exclusive Forum interviews with Madame Lagarde, Administrator Smith, and other financial inclusion leaders on what financial inclusion means and how it can be expanded.

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SPOTLIGHT

Eight Years of Progress on Financial Inclusion – Fact Sheet

Access to safe and affordable financial services enables individuals and families to transfer money and make payments; save to manage income volatility; achieve specific goals; build long-term financial security; use credit to take advantage of opportunities like starting a business; and insure themselves against life’s many risks. Read more...

NEWS

USAID Launches Catalyst to Drive Cashless Payments in India

Catalyst is a new initiative seeded by an alliance between the Government of India & USAID to expand digital payments in India. This multi-stakeholder partnership is designed to scale digital payments, catalyzing an exponential increase in cashless payments in select geographic locations. Read more...

REPORT

The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money

Mobile money, a service that allows monetary value to be stored on a mobile phone and sent to other users via text messages, has been adopted by the vast majority of Kenyan households.We estimate that access to the Kenyan mobile money system M-PESA increased per capita consumption levels and lifted 194,000 households, or 2% of Kenyan households, out of poverty. Read more...

FORUM HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

2015 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households (FDIC)
Exploring Special Purpose National Bank Charters for Fintech Companies (OCC)
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Financial Inclusion (CGAP)
Digital Finance: A bridge to the unbanked world (Crowd360)
Expanding Financial Inclusion Brief and Infographic (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison)
Philippines Experiences Nearly Seven-Fold Increase in Electronic Tax Filing (DAI)
Integrating Digital Financial Services into Agricultural Value Chains: A Bangladesh Market Landscape Assessment (microlinks)
Technology to Empower Women in Afghanistan (Chemonics)

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VIDEO

How we overcame poverty: Two stories of courage

From Practitioners Day, BRAC shared the story of two women in Bangladesh that go from living on less than 70 cents per day to becoming savvy entrepreneurs who are independently supporting their families. For more on BRAC's "Graduation" program, visit the project page.

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