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Bank Andara: A bank for banks in Indonesia grows micro businesses and turns a profit

The first of its kind, a wholesale bank called Bank Andara has been making tech-savvy banking services available to the Indonesian microfinance sector for four years, now achieving a profit.

Financial Inclusion

A penny saved is two pennies earned for women in savings groups

In May, Oxfam America and Freedom from Hunger published the largest study to date on the impact of community-based savings groups. And the findings are promising.

Mobile Technology

Quotable: Grameen Intel CEO believes in leading with education, not technology

Although Grameen Intel is a social business that aims to use technology to solve social problems, especially in agriculture and healthcare, its CEO emphasized the role of education in addressing the world's toughest challenges.

Financial Inclusion

Teachers in Afghanistan to receive salaries to their mobile wallets

Afghani public school teachers--mostly women--will start receiving their salaries directly to their mobile wallets, bypassing the decades old problem of corruption and inefficiency.

Social Enterprise

Tech startup finds the ticket to growth with old ideas

A brand-new Mexican tech startup is making its products affordable using a centuries-old financing trick that lets startups and their customers shift their risk toward third-party investors.

Mobile Technology

Free life insurance with your phone bill? Ghana's Tigo tries it

With so many African mobile users switching out SIM cards on a daily basis, how do mobile companies keep their customers loyal? By offering free microinsurance products.

Financial Inclusion

Microloans: Not just for businesses, they can help the poor meet basic needs

Microloans can be used for more than business investments: they can help families gain better access to safe water and sanitation.

Financial Inclusion

Poor and unbanked in India? The government has 12 digits for you

India is the first nation aiming to achieve greater financial inclusion for its citizens by issuing biometrically verified personal ID numbers.

Financial Inclusion

Visualizing Financial Inclusion (and Shaping It)

Want to see just how fast financial inclusion is spreading? Just map it.

Financial Inclusion

Seeking Opportunity in Unlikely Places: Mercy Corps' Elizabeth Berthe

Elizabeth Berthe, Mercy Corps’ newest social innovations team member, has been creating businesses with her dad since she was eight years old. "You know how some people flip houses? We flipped businesses.”