Financial Inclusion

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Day 1 at Mobile Money: Technology to Transform Transactions

What’s the best way to deliver on the promise of mobile money to bring financial inclusion to the BoP? The Center for Effective Global Action hosted dozens of telecommunications, banking, research and mobile money experts to explore that question.

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Map of financial services becomes weapon in battle to end poverty in Africa

A new interactive map helps organizations concentrate their fight against poverty in Africa

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Time to let loose? Why lawmakers should ease up on mobile banking rules

Tight regulation may be holding mobile banking back where it’s needed most.

BANK ANDARA: A BANK FOR BANKS IN INDONESIA GROWS MICRO BUSINESSES AND TURNS A PROFIT

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Visualizing Financial Inclusion (and Shaping It)

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

An underrated road out of poverty: Saving money

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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.”