For the final part of our Financial Inclusion Week 2018 podcast series, Tess Johnson, research associate at the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion, sat down with former CFI Fellow and Independent Consultant Alexis Beggs Olsen for a conversation highlighting a specific case study on getting inclusion right. This episode, based on our publication <a href="/uniting-tech-and-touch-why-centaur-products-are-better-for-consumers-and-providers-evidence-from-kenya">Uniting Tech and Touch: Why Centaur Products Are Better for Consumers and Providers</a> – Evidence from Kenya, explores both some remaining obstacles and concrete solutions to getting effective human touch right in Kenya’s digital financial landscape.

Podcast: Getting Inclusion Right Podcast with Alexis Beggs Olsen

Kenya

Sub-Saharan Africa

Financial Inclusion Week 2018

Podcast

For the second part of our Financial Inclusion Week 2018 podcast series, Tess Johnson, research associate at the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion, sat down with Accion in the U.S. CEO Gina Harman for a conversation highlighting the domestic U.S. perspective on getting inclusion right. Accion in the U.S. collaborates with all four Accion U.S.-based lending organizations to reach entrepreneurs on the ground and online with the latest innovations in mission-based small business lending.

Podcast: Getting Inclusion Right Podcast with Gina Harman

North America

United States

Financial Health

Financial Technology

Fintechs

To kick off Financial Inclusion Week 2018, Tess Johnson, research associate at the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion, sat down with CreditMantri co-founder Gowri Mukherjee for a conversation highlighting the fintech perspective on getting inclusion right. CreditMantri is a fintech company based in Chennai, India that aims to reinvent the credit landscape by giving consumers access to responsible and transparent credit.

Podcast: Getting Inclusion Right Podcast with Gowri Mukherjee

India

South Asia

To kick of Financial Inclusion Week 2017, Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director of The Center for Financial Inclusion will join Garance Wattez-Richard, Head of AXA Emerging Customers for a digital fireside chat. During the webinar, Rhyne and Wattez-Richard will discuss how new products and partnerships are opening up new potential in the financial inclusion space. They will take a specific look at how AXA is developing new products and partnerships to reach emerging customers.

Podcast: How are New Products and New Partnerships Unlocking Access to Insurance

CFI Research Fellows Program

We were excited to sit down with Jayshree Venkatesan, an independent financial inclusion consultant working in India and author of our recent landscape study of financial capability building practices India.

Disclaimer: In her answer to the second question Jayshree states the RBI has issued 23 new types of licenses to 3 new institutions. She has since corrected that to 3 new licenses granted to 23 institutions.

Podcast: Financial Capability Building Practices in India - A discussion with Jayshree Venkatesan

This is a discussion with Shameran Abed, Director of the BRAC Microfinance and Anne Hastings, Executive Director Microfinance CEO Working Group.

Hosted by Susy Cheston, Senior Advisor Financial Inclusion 2020

Podcast: Addressing the Financial Needs of the Ultra Poor

Financial Inclusion 2020

Within 15 years, there will be 1.3 billion people over age 60 in the world, a reality that presents challenges but also opportunities for financial inclusion. Recently, the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion and HelpAge International, with the support of the MetLife Foundation, released Aging and Financial Inclusion: An Opportunity, a report that examines the unmet financial needs of the global aging population. In this interview, Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director for the Center for Financial Inclusion; Eppu Mikkonen-Jeanneret, Head of Policy at HelpAge International; and Evelyn Stark, Assistant Vice President, Financial Inclusion lead at MetLife Foundation discuss this issue and research with Eric Zuehlke from the Center for Financial Inclusion.

Podcast: Aging And Financial Inclusion - An Interview on Unmet Financial Needs and Opportunities

Aging and Older Adults

Underserved Groups

Women

Larry Reed, director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign, recently sat down with Susy Cheston, senior advisor to FI2020, and Anton Simanowitz, co-author of the new book <a href="http://www.thebusinessofdoinggood.co.uk/">The Business of Doing Good</a>, to discuss how organizations can do good work and turn a profit, particularly in the microfinance sector.

Podcast: The Business Of Doing Good - A Chat with Anton Simanowitz

The audacious vision of Financial Inclusion 2020 is that full financial inclusion for all is actually possible by 2020 if all stakeholders join together to address the gaps and seize the opportunities. Existing technologies stand as one of these great opportunities, and could make financial services available anytime, anyplace, reaching millions of people who were previously excluded. Yet there is a lot of work to be done before those technologies can realize their promise of bringing about financial inclusion.

In this podcast, Susy Cheston of the Center for Financial Inclusion is joined by Dr. Bejoy Das Gupta, Chief-Economist for the Asia-Pacific region at the Institute of International Finance, Ed Brandt, Executive Vice President for Government Services and Solutions at Mastercard Worldwide, and Paul Tregidgo, Managing Director at Credit Suisse. Together, they explore the importance of technology and innovative partnerships in making the vision of Financial Inclusion 2020 a reality, sharing key takeaways from a roundtable hosted jointly by the Center for Financial Inclusion and the Institute of International Finance.

Podcast: Technology and Financial Inclusion by 2020

Alexis Beggs Olsen

Elisabeth Rhyne

Garance Wattez-Richard

Gina Harman

Tess Johnson

The majority of Kenyans have mobile money accounts; their activity demonstrates digital financial services’ potential. Accion helps Kenyan innovators harness emerging technologies to create new financial services.

India is a global leader in financial inclusion. For over a decade, Accion has worked with and learned from India’s innovators, investors, and policymakers to expand economic opportunity for its people and businesses.