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We are looking up to business correspondents in the pandemic; but what are they looking at?
The business correspondent (BC) network in India has become indispensable for last-mile financial service delivery across urban and rural centers. In light of the current pandemic, our note highlights the challenges BC agents face while providing services in far-flung unbanked areas.
Jun 5, 2020
Ishita Sharma, Saloni Tandon, Mimansa Khanna and Anveshi Gupta
Is it the right time to push for wallet interoperability in Bangladesh?
Covid-19 is impacting people’s lives in multiple ways. With restrictions on movements and fear of getting infected, people are staying homes. While this is the right thing to do, one still need to purchase household essentials and send money to relatives who need it. Essential services industries also need constant cash flows and payments. Jamal […]
Apr 30, 2020
Disruptive Innovations in Fintech can deliver value to Poor
In her address at the 2017 Mastercard Foundation Symposium on Financial Inclusion, Tamara Cook, Head of Digital Innovations at FSD Kenya states that disruptive innovations can respond to the daily financial service needs of the poor people.
Jul 28, 2018
Financing Smallholder Farmers in the Digital Age: Lesson Across Africa
This brief provides an overview of the capacity, operational and product-related lessons learnt by MicroSave in supporting financial service providers in Africa.
Jul 12, 2018
Getting it right: Why counting mobile money agents accurately matters
A person cannot decide to use a financial service until it has been extended within their reach. This blog explores why the counting of mobile money agents accurately is a critical aspect of financial inclusion
Mar 6, 2017
Reducing the vulnerability of grass-roots people in Papua New Guinea: Delivering microinsurance in a particularly challenging environment
PNG is a challenging country to offer any financial service, let alone insurance. Oliver Ullrich shares his experience of delivering microinsurance in a particularly challenging environment.
Sep 26, 2013