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Credit Suisse is a founding partner of the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion. We have worked together to advance financial inclusion since 2008.

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Financial Inclusion: For What?

Financial Inclusion Week 2019

This year, we are taking a step back as a community to revisit the fundamental purpose of our work, and ask ourselves what is financial...

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CFI Blog

Blog Post • Oct 17, 2019

Financial Inclusion Week QUIZ!

Blog Post • Oct 15, 2019

Land Seizures and Reported Abuses in Cambodia: CFI Responds

Blog Post • Oct 11, 2019

Financial Inclusion for Transit Migrants

By Maria Teresa Nagel

Blog Post • Oct 07, 2019

3 Focus Areas for Unlocking Financial Inclusion in Asia

By Francesco Pasti

Blog Post • Oct 01, 2019

From Human Conduct to Protection by Design: The Smart Campaign's Digital Standards

By Elisabeth Rhyne

Programs

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Board Leadership for Impact Program

Board effectiveness executive education for social enterprise leaders

The Smart Campaign

Keeping clients first in financial inclusion

CFI Research Fellows

Addressing the most pressing questions facing the financial inclusion community

Financial Inclusion Equity Council

A forum for financial inclusion equity investors

Building Financial Capabilities and Strengthening Institutions Through Customer-Centered Innovations

Enhancing financial customer engagement by building their capability

Partnership for Responsible Financial Inclusion

Advocates for responsible financial inclusion

Africa Board Fellowship Program

Peer learning and exchange for board members and CEOs to strengthen the governance of financial institutions serving low-income clients

Mainstreaming Financial Inclusion

Helping mainstream financial institutions overcome barriers to reaching underserved people with quality financial services

HBS-Accion Program on Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance

Shaping the next generation of inclusive finance leaders

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Upcoming Events

Cape Town

Africa Board Fellowship Closing Seminar – Cohort 9

ABF Fellows will convene in South Africa to close out the ninth cohort.

Financial Inclusion Week 2019

This year, we are taking a step back as a community to revisit the fundamental purpose of our work, and ask ourselves the question: What is financial inclusion for?

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Organized by ADA

African Microfinance Week (SAM 2019)

Join Smart Campaign's Boubacar Diallo for a talk about fueling fintechs with an enabling regulatory and investment environment during SAM 2019.

Online

Organized by J-PAL

Twitter Chat with J-PAL and CGAP

A Financial Inclusion Week discussion about the guiding answers to "Financial Inclusion: For What?"

Crystal City Marriott, Arlington, VA

Organized by SEEP Network

SEEP Annual Conference

The SEEP Annual Conference features two convenings that are free for all to attend.

Online

Organized by Caribou Data

Webinar: How do Kenyan Micro-Entrepreneurs Use Digital Platforms for Their Businesses?

Join this Financial Inclusion Week webinar to learn how Caribou Data explored digital platform usage for managing micro and small business operations in Kenya.

Online

Organized by Opportunity International EduFinance

Webinar: Financial Inclusion for School Leaders

This Financial Inclusion Week webinar is about the potential of a $24B billion market to accelerate sustainable community development.

Online

Organized by GSMA

Twitter Chat: Unleashing the Power of Mobile Money to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

The GSMA hosts a Twitter chat bringing together mobile money industry experts. Join with #FinclusionWeek

Online

Organized by Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity

Webinar: Overcoming Market Constraints to Deliver Sustainable Financial Inclusion to Rural Communities

A Financial Inclusion Week conversation hosted by Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity.

Online

Organized by Triodos Investment Management

Webinar: Trends in Financial Inclusion: Regional Perspectives From a Global Investor

This Financial Inclusion Week webinar will explore trends, developments, challenges, evolution and relevance of financial inclusion in different parts of the world.

Online

Webinar: A Conversation About the Handbook on Consumer Protection for Inclusive Finance

Join us to discuss the new Handbook on Consumer Protection for Inclusive Finance and how it can help regulators and the entire financial inclusion industry to strengthen consumer protection frameworks. Part of Financial Inclusion Week 2019.

Nairobi

Board Leadership for Impact Program Launch Workshop

We're hosting a select group of social enterprise leaders at the Board Leadership for Impact Program inaugural workshop.

Dominican Republic

Organized by IADB

FOROMIC 2019

Catch Mayada El-Zoghbi at the opening plenary on day two of FOROMIC 2019.

Luxembourg

Organized by e-MFP

European Microfinance Week 2019

Mayada El-Zoghbi and Isabelle Barres will share insights on client protection and responsible finance as part of the official program during European Microfinance Week 2019. Join us!

Series

Financial Inclusion Week 2019

"Financial Inclusion: For What?"

Keeping Clients First

Keeping focus on who matters most in financial inclusion

Getting Inclusion Right

Ideas on how to achieve meaningful financial inclusion

Finance for All

Risks (Banana Skins) in Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion 101

What is financial inclusion? Microfinance? Financial capability? Get smart about basic common concepts and core reading.

Global Findex

Assessing the progress of financial inclusion

Global Microscope

The enabling environment for financial inclusion

Africa Board Fellowship Spotlight

Highlights from ABF Fellows and reflections from industry experts

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