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Filter PostsA Decade of Shared Learnings on Agriculture Finance: What Does the Data Tell Us?
Reflections on CSAF's 2022 State of the Sector report, highlighting 4 takeaways particularly relevant to the future of agriculture finance.
It Is the Best of Times, and the Worst of Times: India’s New Digital Lending Recommendations
Recommendations from the Reserve Bank of India are an encouraging first step to addressing consumer risks, but there are still gaps that need to be filled.
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Digital Credit Algorithms in India: Expanding Access or Cementing Exclusion?
CFI explores how automated decision-making tools for digital credit are playing out for one demographic in India: interstate migrants.
Global Findex 2021: Growth, Stagnation, and (Relative) Decline in Global Financial Inclusion
CFI reflects on findings that excite us from the latest Global Findex and what we can focus on next that will help us rethink financial inclusion.
We Are All in This Together
RFF convenes this week for the first time since 2020, and the rapid pace of change in financial services, and the external world at large, supplies stakeholders with a plethora of issues to discuss regarding emerging risks to consumers.
Driving Inclusivity on the Fintech Frontier: Let’s Make It Count
Prior to the launch of the fourth annual Inclusive Fintech 50 (IF50) competition on June 27, we look at findings from last year’s competition and identify ways to help inclusive fintechs build commercially viable businesses.
Is There Value in Good Governance at the Early-Stage?
How investors can develop a smart, agile approach to make early-stage governance more effective.
Rural, Poor, and Pressured by Climate Change: Migration and Financial Inclusion in Guatemala’s Western Highlands
Imagining a financial system that provides the services migrants need to support their resilience and adaptation to climate change.
Climate Change Adds to Challenges for MSMEs Recovering from COVID: Three Takeaways from CFI Surveys
CFI’s research on MSMEs in emerging markets revealed 3 key takeaways that can help us better support MSMEs in building resilience.
It’s a Time to Be Brave and Bold: Q & A with David Ferrand, CFI Advisory Council Member
CFI sat down with David Ferrand, whose extensive knowledge of the inclusive finance space over the last 30 years makes him an invaluable leader on what is needed to create real impact moving forward.
Gender Norms On and Off the Farm: Engaging Smallholder Women in Finance and Climate-Smart Agriculture
This blog post is part of a series on how gender norms influence the behavior of different actors in the financial system. The series aims to promote solutions that shift norms and improve women’s financial inclusion and economic empowerment.
Inclusive Finance Must Be Inclusive: Q & A with Joanna Ledgerwood, CFI Advisory Council Member
CFI sat down with Joanna Ledgerwood, whose prolific achievements supporting the advancement of women’s financial inclusion make her a tremendous asset to the organization as it furthers its work on the topic.
Strengthening a PACT for Resilience: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Investors
This is the second of a two-part blog series inspired by “A PACT to Promote Resilience,” a CFI publication on measuring resilience at the fintech provider level and the implications for users.
For Inclusive Fintechs, Resilience Is Growth’s Much-Needed Companion
This is the first of a two-part blog series inspired by “A PACT to Promote Resilience,” a CFI publication on measuring resilience at the fintech provider level and the implications for users.
An Equitable Rebuilding: Learnings from Women-Owned MSMEs
Throughout March – in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month – CFI is shedding light on the barriers that disproportionately impact women. CFI applies a gender lens across all its research, working to understand and address issues around women’s financial inclusion and economic empowerment.
What Can COVID-19 Teach Us About the War in Ukraine? 5 Things to Remember
Demand and supply shocks, financial coping strategies, cash transfers, and remittances are issues to keep a close watch on.
The Pandemic Wake-Up Call: Gender Norms Matter in Financial Inclusion
This blog post is part of a series on how gender norms influence the behavior of different actors in the financial system. The series aims to promote solutions that shift norms and improve women’s financial inclusion and economic empowerment.
Understanding the Decision: Consumer Rights and Algorithmic Decision-Making
CFI is honoring World Consumer Rights Day by calling attention to concerns around the transparency of algorithmic decisioning on products for low-income customers.