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Impact Investing Returns, Cooperatives, the Philippines’ Inclusion Strategy –...
> Posted by Center Staff We may be in the heart of the summer season here in the United States, but the world of financial inclusion is hardly slowing down. Released today, the fourth issue of the...
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Why We Gave Consumer Protection a 5
> Posted by Susy Cheston, Senior Advisor, CFI Visitors to our FI2020 Progress Report on Client Protection will have noted our poor math skills. (This is the section of the report that assesses...
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ASKI Is First Financial Institution in Philippines to be Awarded Smart...
> Posted by the Smart Campaign Today we’re excited to announce that Alalay Sa Kaunlaran (ASKI) is the first financial institution in the Philippines to be certified by the Smart Campaign. Clients of...
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Can We Fix Financial Advice from Frontline Bank Staff? Evidence from Mystery...
> Posted by Rafe Mazer, Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP CGAP recently launched a Mystery Shopping Technical Guide, based on our experiences sending lower-income consumers to seek financial...
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Responding to Tragedy: ASA Philippines and Typhoon Haiyan
> Posted by Jeffrey Riecke, Senior Associate, CFI Embed from Getty Images Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, struck Southeast Asia in early November 2013, creating...
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Letter from Mindanao, Part 2: Rural Banking and the Promise of Cacao
> Posted by Bruce MacDonald, Vice President, Communications and Operations, CFI The following post was originally published on NextBillion. In part one of this post, Bruce discussed the potential...
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Financial Inclusion’s Best in Class
> Posted by Virginia Moore, Communications Director, CFI For the last 10 years, the Global Microscope on Financial Inclusion has systematically reported what it takes to create an enabling...
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Can Bank Accounts Save Women’s Lives? Violence Against Women and Financial...
> Posted by Kelsey Truman, HBS-Accion Program Coordinator, CFI Domestic abuse and violence against women (VAW) are pervasive and shocking. According to the World Bank, 38 percent of murders of women...
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Building Customer Loyalty at the Bottom of the Pyramid
> Posted by Akhand Tiwari, Bhavana Srivastava, and Vijay Ravi, MicroSave Loyalty Programs In today’s world, loyalty programs are a dime a dozen, with everyone from retail stores to luxury hotels...
View ArticleThe Radical Reinvention of Inclusive Insurance
From pay-as-you-go models to products that do away with exclusions, the rules of inclusive insurance are changing This post is adapted from the recently-released publication “Inclusive Insurance:...
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