CGAPThis publication developed by FinEquity is a reference guide for financial inclusion practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders interested in applying women’s economic empowerment (WEE) measurements to their work. It seeks to provide a common approach to measuring WEE in financial inclusion. The guide maps out twelve WEE tools that allow users to quickly preview their
AVLBetween August and September 2020, Venture Lab surveyed 21 early-stage fintechs to understand what tools and systems they use to power their companies’ operations. The respondents represent various sectors of fintech, including MSME and Consumer Credit, Insurance, Payments, Neobank, and Personal Financial Management companies operating in US, Latin America, Europe, Southeast and South Asia, and
GSMAHow can humanitarian organisations and mobile money providers optimise their cash programming, enhance the user experience, and unlock the wide-ranging benefits of digital and financial inclusion? GSMA provides an answer using findings from a study of beneficiaries of a mobile money-enabled cash and voucher assistance programme in Burundi. The report provide insights into key recipient
AVLThis new paper features case studies on fintech startups around the world that have successfully grown their value propositions during the COVID-19 pandemic . These startups, all portfolio companies of Accion Venture Lab, illustrate three core strategies for growing value among existing users: Motivate increased usage of existing products, Broaden the suite of products specific
FIBRDavid Porteous and Arend Kulenkampff on how fintech innovation can help achieve faster inclusive growth in Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. This blog, the authors write, is the first in the Recovtech project series which is engaging policy makers and private sector innovators in the above four leading African economies on how best to promote
AVLPublished by AVL, this how-to guide offers early-stage fintech companies a step by step approach on how to measure and track metrics for better decision-making and reporting. Read more here
FIBRCatalyst Fund and partners share more than 10 years’ lessons learned from fintech accelerators in emerging markets, the US, and UK. These accelerators have together supported over 100 startups providing fintech solutions to underserved populations to improve their financial health. The brief uncovers best practices for programs providing direct support to inclusive fintech startups or
CGAPThe authors share results and learnings from the UNCDF Impact Pathways tool which provides a way to measure how investments in the digital economy can benefit individuals and ultimately contribute to meeting the SDGs. The Impact Pathways tool has been used across two mobile money providers and two banks in Zambia, Fiji, the Solomon Islands
FIBRThe needs of the digital generation, and in particular of the gig and digital economy workers, are unique, and few products in the market are currently designed to meet the needs of this customer segment, writes BFA’s Shiro Njoroge. This segment, she adds, is poised to be core drivers for inclusive economic recovery in emerging
CGAPCGAP’s new research results show that customers’ concerns about data privacy influence how they interact with financial services to a greater extent than has often been recognized. Over the past two years, CGAP has been working to understand how much low-income customers care about data privacy and whether their concerns change their behaviors. In 2019,