MSC vision video: the next 5 years
Nov 19, 2018 MSC Consulting
What we do
MSC (MicroSave Consulting) is a global consulting firm that enables social, financial, and economic inclusion for everyone in the digital age. We have been at the center of the digital finance revolution since its early days.
Today, we work with governments, banks, telecommunication companies, and third-party service providers across Asia and Africa.
We offer strategic and operational advice and help implement programs using insights from meticulous field-based research that is rooted in a deep understanding of clients, their needs, perceptions, aspirations, and behavior.
We facilitate transformations, support strategy and implementation, uncover insights, and improve efficiency and create impact. Our advisory services help our clients achieve sustainable performance improvements and unlock enduring value.
Sectors we work in
We have a strong reputation for providing high-quality, impact-oriented business consulting services to a wide range of institutions. We manage projects in over 50 developing countries.
Our clients and partners
We work with clients and partners across the globe to drive financial inclusion. We specialize in the following areas:
- Design and implementation of projects for multilaterals and governments.
- Initiatives to alleviate poverty funded by foundations and international NGOs.
- Development and implementation of strategies for companies in electronic and mobile banking services.
- Serving MFIs and other financial service providers, from start-ups to established organizations.
- Solutions to improve the capacities of companies with banking licenses, especially in digital finance.
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Opportunities in digital financial services related to jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dec 6, 2018
The Mor committee has delivered its report – What will the report deliver? (Part-I)
Nov 27, 2018
The digital transformation: Four opportunities and three threats for traditional financial institutions
Nov 16, 2018
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We need to debunk and break free from the myths that have pervaded “financial literacy” for so long! @MicroSave explores alternative approaches to financial education https://t.co/cfEjsMHfKC
#Financialeducation #Digitaleducation
Oral users should not be “protected” from the literate world. Rather, FSPs should adapt their interfaces to accommodate oral habits & practices. Discover how Shanti manages to decode large numbers in her everyday life https://t.co/352nYSkfTX
#Financialeducation #digitaleducation
Globally, over 850 million people are oral (literate/barely literate) and struggle with numbers. @MicroSave & @myoralvillage designed an interactive #mobilewallet #MoWo
See the lessons we learned while building it https://t.co/352nYSkfTX
#Financialeducation #Digitaleducation
#DigitalEducation is key for an inclusive digital age. User interfaces remain a mystery for millions across the globe – and so the rural population either seeks (and often depends on) agent assistance or avoids DFS entirely https://t.co/MDd3Y9BJSM
#Financialeducation
Consumer Protection in the Digital Age: In rural areas with high levels of orality (illiteracy and innumeracy), the #ConsumerProtection and #DataPrivacy risk associated with digital financial services is much higher. https://t.co/MDd3Y9k91e
#financialeducation #digitaleducation
A classroom approach can only take us so far! Even schools are now improvising. Any financial behavior is a result of knowledge, skills, and attitudes… FE program designs cannot continue to ignore this. https://t.co/MrPiNYAW3c.
#financialeducation #digitaleducation
We cannot think of a more insensitive activity than sitting poor people on school benches and lecturing them on how they ought to budget and save.
Yet, this model of #financialeducation persists across the globe https://t.co/MrPiNYAW3c.
#financialeducation #Digitaleducation
Does #financialeducation have a branding problem?
MSC suggests alternative ways to make FE more meaningful and beneficial for end-clients https://t.co/jVQfIF51O6
#Digitaleducation
Platforms empowering agents to deliver quality #financialeducation at teachable moments is the future...
Providers can find innovative ways to enhance learning. @Microsave's ePaathsala is one such example. The ePaathsala reaches out to >300 million people https://t.co/U1aGwqDLqV
Traditional financial education has failed …
But allying financial education and product marketing can it lead to better business. There is a clear relationship between the two.. https://t.co/SMZSktX02g
#financialeducation #digitaleducation