Center for Financial Inclusion
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Center for Financial Inclusion

an action-oriented think tank

We engage and challenge the industry to better serve, protect and empower clients.

Founding Partner | Credit Suisse

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? What For?

Financial Inclusion Week 2019

Featured Blog Post

How do we create trust and value?

Libra: With Opportunity Comes Responsibility to Safeguard

CFI Blog

Blog Post • Jul 10, 2019
A Fourth Era: Balancing Behavioral Interventions with Quality Education
By Eric Noggle
Blog Post • Jul 01, 2019
Rural America: Another Casualty of Student Loan Debt?
By Rachel Morpeth
Blog Post • Jun 25, 2019
Smart Campaign’s Next 10 Years to Start With New Digital Standards
By Elisabeth Rhyne
Blog Post • Jun 20, 2019
A Ugandan Refugee Camp Hosts Potential for Financial Inclusion
By Lauren Hendricks
Blog Post • Jun 18, 2019
Libra: With Opportunity Comes Responsibility to Safeguard
By Isabelle Barrès

Programs

The Smart Campaign

Keeping clients first in financial inclusion
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Mainstreaming Financial Inclusion

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

Addressing the most pressing questions facing the financial inclusion community
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Financial Inclusion Equity Council

A forum for financial inclusion equity investors
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Building Financial Capabilities and Strengthening Institutions Through Customer-Centered Innovations

Enhancing financial customer engagement by building their capability
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Partnership for Responsible Financial Inclusion

Advocates for responsible financial inclusion
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Africa Board Fellowship Program

Peer learning and exchange for board members and CEOs to strengthen the governance of financial institutions serving low-income clients
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HBS-Accion Program on Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance

Shaping the next generation of inclusive finance leaders
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Upcoming Events

Oct21
Oct23

Cape Town

Africa Board Fellowship Closing Seminar – Cohort 9

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

Oct21
Oct25

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?

Series

Keeping Clients First

Keeping focus on who matters most in financial inclusion
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Getting Inclusion Right

Ideas on how to achieve meaningful financial inclusion
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Finance for All

Risks (Banana Skins) in Financial Inclusion
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Financial Inclusion 101

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

Assessing the progress of financial inclusion
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Global Microscope

The enabling environment for financial inclusion
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Africa Board Fellowship Spotlight

Highlights from ABF Fellows and reflections from industry experts
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Get to Know CFI

Learn more about who we are and what we do. We look forward to engaging with you.

CFI@10: Our Decade in Financial Inclusion

Take a bird's eye view of our impact and accomplishments over the last decade.

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