Tag: i3 Bangladesh

Since the onset of the pandemic, the low- and moderate-income (LMI) segment had a direct impact on their day-to-day life. We reflect through Kabita, an LMI customer in Bangladesh, on the barriers LMIs faced during the pandemic and how DFS nudged them towards building resilience.

With the rise of digital financial services, the gender gap in access to formal financial services has narrowed by the day. Digitization of the Primary Education Stipend Program (PESP) is one of the many examples where the Government of Bangladesh has used DFS to increase women’s access to financial services.

The micro and small merchants of Bangladesh can help ensure greater financial inclusion by accepting digital payments and using these funds to make further payments to their suppliers.

For the underserved populations of rural Bangladesh, mobile financial services promise to be the gateway to full-fledged financial services in the future.