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Theme: Financial inclusion
Creating a World Without Poverty Part 1
In this video series-1, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, discusses how in times of global financial crisis the poor have proved themselves to be credit-worthy, contrary to the conventional wisdom of large banks. Speaking at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C, Dr. Yunus talks about Grameen’s Microcredit project in New York and […]
Mar 9, 2008
Are Loan Utilisation Checks Really Necessary?
This note focuses on diverse financial services driven by the diverse needs of people especially MFIs.
Feb 27, 2008
Savings Services for the Poor – An Old Need and A New Opportunity for MFIs in India
This note discusses about savings as an important and effective strategy for poor households to avoid potential loss of economic status or independence as a result of a crisis.
Feb 4, 2008
Electronic Banking: The next revolution in financial access
This paper highlights the role of e-banking in improving financial access to the poor. It brings forth three major reasons viz. inadequate customer value proposition for the end users, a poorly developed business case for the companies collaborating, and a debilitating environment, responsible (one or all) for successful implementation of e-banking solution. This note concludes […]
Jul 4, 2007
Meeting the Challenge –The Impact Of Changing Technology On MicroFinance Institutions (MFIs)
This note talks about the gains from various technologies such as ATMs, plastic cards, mobile phones, used by the present banking system to serve the people belonging to lower income.
Nov 5, 2003
E/M-Banking for Financial Inclusion in India: Opportunities and Challenges
In 2012 Ignacio Mas worked with MSC to look at the state of digital financial services in India, the type of products that poor people want, and the role of microfinance institutions/SHGs in digital financial services systems. Ignacio also ran a training for all MSC staff, and we then asked him to record some of […]
Jun 14, 0201