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Filter PostsThe Hidden Traps of Deceptive Design: Embedding Consumer Protection into DFS
CFI is launching a strategic area of work around ‘Consumer Protection by Design’ to identify and address newer risks that emerge as inclusive finance is digitalized. As part of this effort, CFI and Credit Suisse are partnering to generate awareness of deceptive designs and the harms they can cause to low-income consumers.
Matters of Urgency: Insights From a Fintech Risk Barometer Study
As stakeholders meet for Inclusive Finance India Forum 2023, this blog post highlights findings from CFI and FACE's risk barometer study of the Indian fintech lending industry and considers its implications for consumer protection.
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FIW Recap: The Pressing Agenda of Climate Change and Financial Services
Reflecting on conversations from Financial Inclusion Week 2022, it is clear that the role of inclusive financial services in responding to climate risks has never been more critical. This post is part of a blog series highlighting FIW 2022 sessions that touch on CFI’s four strategic priorities.
End-of-Year Reflections
As 2022 comes to an end, CFI's managing director, Mayada El-Zoghbi, reflects on this year's Financial Inclusion Week and shares key takeaways that should be addressed in the new year.
Post-COVID Crisis & Opportunity in African Inclusive Finance
This blog post is part of a series that highlights takeaways from a global workshop at Lehigh University, where leaders from the inclusive finance sector discussed the question of whether financial inclusion is more relevant than ever during the pandemic crisis.
Indian Financial Inclusion during COVID and Recovery: Public Policy to the Rescue
This blog post is part of a series that highlights takeaways from a global workshop at Lehigh University, where leaders from the inclusive finance sector discussed the question of whether financial inclusion is more relevant than ever during the pandemic crisis. This blog post is extracted from a more detailed policy brief.
ESG Frameworks: Risks or opportunities for financial institutions?
International ESG frameworks can be a source of both risk and opportunity for financial institutions, but many organizations have not yet engaged and often look to regulators or investors to lead and guide discussions.
Rebuilding After COVID: Financial Inclusion Across Asia
This blog post is part of a series that highlights takeaways from a global workshop at Lehigh University, where leaders from the inclusive finance sector discussed the question of whether financial inclusion is more relevant than ever during the pandemic crisis. This blog post is excerpted from a more detailed policy brief.
Client-Centricity Leads the Way in Latin American Inclusive Finance Reponses to COVID-19
This blog post is part of a series that highlights takeaways from a global workshop at Lehigh University, where leaders from the inclusive finance sector discussed the question of whether financial inclusion is more relevant than ever during the pandemic crisis.
Does Financial Inclusion Boost Borrowers’ Resilience? Three Lessons from the Pandemic
This blog post shares research from Triple Jump’s assessment of how the pandemic affected borrowers, their businesses, and their capacity to service loans across five countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
Climate Change and Rising Consumer Risks: The two go hand-in-hand
The intersection of consumer protection and climate is a relatively new area of research and brings together two of CFI’s key research themes. Exploring this intersection, CFI considers how we can contribute towards a new perspective on responsible finance that looks ahead to emerging challenges and the needs of customers.
Digitally Reshaping Inclusive Financial Services in the Wake of COVID-19
This blog post is part of a series that highlights takeaways from a global workshop at Lehigh University, where leaders from the inclusive finance sector discussed the question of whether financial inclusion is more relevant than ever during the pandemic crisis.
Slow-Motion Extinction? Or Can Impact Investors Reinvigorate Pro-Poor Financial Inclusion?
This blog post is the first of a series that highlights takeaways from a global workshop at Lehigh University, where leaders from the inclusive finance sector discussed the question of whether financial inclusion is more relevant than ever during the pandemic crisis.
Responsible Finance and its Role in Improving Financial Resilience and Well-Being
The Global Findex 2021 shows global gains in account ownership and usage, but more can be done to improve the financial resilience and well-being of adults in developing economies.
Volatile Times Call for Sustained Resolve
As we gear up for Financial Inclusion Week 2022, CFI's managing director shares what we should prepare for and how we can grow as a community to address today's challenges.
A 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.
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.