Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel is the Deputy Director—Financial Services for the Poor (FSP) at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is a development economist and practitioner focused on the intersection between digital payment systems, poverty alleviation, and public service delivery.

Daniel is the Deputy Director—Financial Services for the Poor (FSP) at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is a development economist and practitioner focused on the intersection between digital payment systems, poverty alleviation, and public service delivery. Daniel was a Summer Fellow at the Consultative Group to Asssit the Poor (CGAP). He also worked on financial inclusion with the Centre for Micro Finance in India.

Posts by Daniel Radcliffe

A big step forward in India’s financial inclusion deliberations

The CCFS report marks a big step in India’s financial inclusion deliberations. Here the authors evaluate the recommendations, focusing on the most critical financial inclusion question confronting the RBI.

Mobile Banking: Speed to Scale Part 2

In this video Daniel Radcliffe, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, describes how retail payment systems can reach a critical mass of customers. Daniel notes that agents need to be incentivised in order to encourage them to take up these activities.

Mobile Banking: Speed to Scale Part 1

In this video Daniel Radcliffe, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talks about the fundamental factors that affect the growth and success of retail payment systems. He insists that remote payments add the ‘wow’ factor to mobile banking.