Research

Consumer Protection

Responsible financial inclusion encompasses core Client Protection Principles to help financial service providers practice good ethics and smart business.

Data Opportunities and Risks

Supporting transparent practices, responsible algorithms, and emerging frameworks for data rights in financial inclusion

Financial Services to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Risks

Understanding financial tools people need and the constraints they face, uncovering product innovations that can help, pilot testing innovations

Women's Financial Inclusion

Building evidence for best practices, products, and strategies that bring better, more appropriate financial services to low-income women globally.

COVID-19 & MSMEs: Data and Analysis to Understand Impact

What's the scale of the pandemic's impact and how are MSMEs coping? CFI’s data dashboards and analysis provide insights from four countries.

Digital Finance Evidence Gap Map

An intuitive, visual, and interactive tool designed to highlight gaps in the evidence base and show where evidence is more abundant for digital finance.

Latest from CFI

Blog Post • Mar 15, 2023

FIW Recap: Consumer Protection – Crucial to Driving the Inclusive Finance Agenda

By Jayshree Venkatesan

Blog Post • Mar 02, 2023

A North Star or a Measurement Pulse? The role of financial health in inclusive finance

By Mayada El-Zoghbi

Blog Post • Feb 22, 2023

Exploring the Intersection of Climate Shocks and Financial Inclusion

By Lucciana Alvarez Ruiz & Edoardo Totolo

Blog Post • Feb 14, 2023

FIW Recap: Women’s Financial Inclusion Remains Key Global Focus

By Evelyn Stark

Blog Post • Feb 07, 2023

Envisioning Responsible Finance in the Context of Climate Change – the Role of Insurance Supervision

By Dunja Latinovic

Blog Post • Feb 02, 2023

In Honor of Data Privacy Week, Let’s Rethink Privacy in Inclusive Finance

By Alexandra (Alex) Rizzi

Blog Post • Jan 23, 2023

The Hidden Traps of Deceptive Design: Embedding Consumer Protection into DFS

By Jayshree Venkatesan

Blog Post • Jan 17, 2023

Matters of Urgency: Insights From a Fintech Risk Barometer Study

By Sugandh Saxena & Jayshree Venkatesan

Report • Jan 13, 2023

Fintech Lending Risk Barometer 2022-2023

Blog Post • Jan 12, 2023

FIW Recap: The Pressing Agenda of Climate Change and Financial Services

By Howard Miller

Event • Oct 16, 2023 - Oct 19, 2023

Financial Inclusion Week 2023

Report • Jan 10, 2023

Green Inclusive Finance: A Framework for Understanding How Financial Services Can Help Low-Income and Vulnerable People Respond to Climate Change

By Howard Miller + 2 more

Report • Dec 14, 2022

Insights from the 2022 Inclusive Fintech 50 Applicant Pool

Blog Post • Dec 13, 2022

End-of-Year Reflections

By Mayada El-Zoghbi

Report • Dec 08, 2022

Bridging the Gap: How Humanitarian Cash Transfers Can Facilitate Women’s Access to IDs

By Nina Holle & Evelyn Stark

Blog Post • Dec 07, 2022

Post-COVID Crisis & Opportunity in African Inclusive Finance

By Renee Chao-Beroff & Todd A. Watkins

Report • Dec 01, 2022

Embedding Trust: The Potential of Privacy by Design for Inclusive Finance

By Alexandra (Alex) Rizzi

Blog Post • Nov 30, 2022

Indian Financial Inclusion during COVID and Recovery: Public Policy to the Rescue

By Jennifer Isern & Alok Misra

Blog Post • Nov 23, 2022

ESG Frameworks: Risks or opportunities for financial institutions?

By David Porteous & Jesse Fripp

Blog Post • Nov 22, 2022

Rebuilding After COVID: Financial Inclusion Across Asia

By Jennifer Isern + 4 more

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Managing Director

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Senior Research Director, Consumer Data Opportunities and Risks

Edoardo Totolo

Vice President, Research and Programs

Lucciana Alvarez Ruiz

Research Manager

Eda Dokle

Senior Research Specialist

Elizabeth (Liz) McGuinness

Senior Director, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Edi Bardhollari

Senior Research Specialist

Aeriel Emig

Director, Content Strategy and Outreach

Lauren Braniff

Vice President, Strategy and Communications

Rima Patel

Digital Communications Specialist

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Content Series

Financial Inclusion Week 2022

A blog series highlighting FIW 2022 sessions that touch on CFI’s four strategic priorities.

Inclusive Finance for Women

Supporting digital financial capability is essential to support women navigating increasingly digitalized financial systems

Lehigh University Global Workshops

This series highlights takeaways from a global workshop at Lehigh University, where leaders from the inclusive finance sector discussed the...

Digital Cash Transfers for Women

A content series about how we can improve the design and delivery of digital cash transfers for low-income women.

Global Findex

Assessing the progress of financial inclusion

Financial Inclusion at the Data Margins

How financial service providers use data and what must be done to protect already-underserved populations against algorithmic bias in automated...

Latest Blog Posts

Blog Post • Mar 15, 2023

FIW Recap: Consumer Protection – Crucial to Driving the Inclusive Finance Agenda

By Jayshree Venkatesan

Blog Post • Mar 02, 2023

A North Star or a Measurement Pulse? The role of financial health in inclusive finance

By Mayada El-Zoghbi

Blog Post • Feb 22, 2023

Exploring the Intersection of Climate Shocks and Financial Inclusion

By Lucciana Alvarez Ruiz & Edoardo Totolo

Blog Post • Feb 14, 2023

FIW Recap: Women’s Financial Inclusion Remains Key Global Focus

By Evelyn Stark

Blog Post • Feb 07, 2023

Envisioning Responsible Finance in the Context of Climate Change – the Role of Insurance Supervision

By Dunja Latinovic

Blog Post • Feb 02, 2023

In Honor of Data Privacy Week, Let’s Rethink Privacy in Inclusive Finance

By Alexandra (Alex) Rizzi

Blog Post • Jan 23, 2023

The Hidden Traps of Deceptive Design: Embedding Consumer Protection into DFS

By Jayshree Venkatesan

Blog Post • Jan 17, 2023

Matters of Urgency: Insights From a Fintech Risk Barometer Study

By Sugandh Saxena & Jayshree Venkatesan

Blog Post • Jan 12, 2023

FIW Recap: The Pressing Agenda of Climate Change and Financial Services

By Howard Miller

Blog Post • Dec 13, 2022

End-of-Year Reflections

By Mayada El-Zoghbi

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