FinDev Gateway is proud to participate in the fourth annual Financial Inclusion Week, organized by the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion. Taking place from 29 October - 2 November 2018, this year’s theme is Getting Inclusion Right. These blog posts aim to answer the question, What do we need to get right to ensure that gains in access lead to true improvements in the lives of the underserved?
This series was created in partnership with:
Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva
Mobile offers significant potential to engage people at scale, connecting them to services and solutions that can improve their everyday lives. The rise of mobile banking products, such as Safaricom’s mPesa in Kenya and other digital financial services, show that overcoming specific contextual challenges and responding to the demand of low-income people at scale, requires digitally-led solutions.
To kick off Financial Inclusion Week 2018, we sat down with Beth Rhyne, Managing Director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion (CFI), to hear her thoughts on this year's theme, Getting Inclusion Right, and CFI's 10th anniversary.
Drawing on the findings from recently released market studies in Jordan and Uganda, here are the top five recommendations for financial service providers (FSPs) willing to contribute to the financial inclusion of refugees.