Tag: Microfinance institution

MSC’s comic booklets on COVID-19 are illustrated narratives that build awareness among CICO agents and their customers during the pandemic. These comics feature rich visual stories to generate awareness, influence precautionary behavior, and drive the safety of agents.

MicroSave’s study on Deposit Assessment in India details the needs and preferences of micro-savings clients to support the development of client-responsive products and delivery processes.

In view of the highly risky nature of saving in the informal sector, it is probably necessary to think more about helping clients understand the relative risk of saving in these semi-formal institutions. It should also be noted that the evidence from this study suggests that poor people do value some form of external accountability.

While the advantages of digital transformation for MFIs are set to be numerous, MicroSave takes stock on how ecosystem issues fail rural FIs to promote digital financial services in Tanzania.

This brief provides an overview of the capacity, operational and product-related lessons learnt by MicroSave in supporting financial service providers in Africa.

Implementing social performance management (SPM) in microfinance institutions (MFIs) has challenges. The Part 2 of this BN explains the last two pillars viz. staff involvement and investment in resources.