In this video, Ignacio Mas, Senior Advisor, CGAP, discusses the challenges of fixing remuneration for agents in mobile banking. Ignacio notices that mobile operators and banks enjoy certain benefits and opportunities but agents face problems in handling cash. In addition, Ignacio discusses the way ahead for mobile banking and how volumes can be increased by […]
The paper discusses the benefits of offering savings services to the poor, while cautioning that there are no magic formulas for designing appropriate savings products for poor people
This BN targets savings from two perspectives: The Poor, who traditionally prefer “structured and committed savings mechanisms and the MFIs, who “tend to use a strategy of ‘permanence and growth’.
This note talks about the impact of HIV/AIDS on the microfinance clients, their coping mechanisms, and role of microfinance in enabling the clients to cope with the crisis.