AI is changing how we understand clients. Are we using it to get closer to them or further away? That's the question at the heart of the Boulder Microfinance Training (MFT) 2026, a two-week intensive for senior financial inclusion leaders hosted by the Boulder Institute of Microfinance. 

This webinar will present findings from a qualitative study of 13 impact investing evaluation professionals who incorporated ChatGPT into their work. The research examines what AI can and cannot bring to evaluative dialogue, finding that the very qualities that make AI useful for certain evaluative tasks limit its value for others. 

Mastercard and Crossmint's Lobster.cash announced that they are working together so consumers will soon be free to safely authorize AI agents to make purchases using their existing payment cards. 

LuLu Money Technologies, a leading financial services technology provider in the GCC, opened its new AI Innovation Hub in Abu Dhabi, marking a step towards actionable AI-led financial systems that not only simplify, but actively execute everyday financial decisions at scale. 

In rural Ghana, there is a gap between financial inclusion data and women’s lived reality. While women may have mobile money accounts registered in their names, many are unable to use the accounts themselves, either relying on intermediaries or ceding control to other family members.

The decree requires certain financial institutions to share three categories of data with authorized third-party recipients.

AI is changing how we understand clients. Are we using it to get closer to them or further away? That's the question at the heart of the Boulder Microfinance Training (MFT) 2026, a two-week intensive for senior financial inclusion leaders.

This paper examines international experiences with open finance, shedding light on its impact on competition, market entry and financial access, while discussing the challenges that remain.

This paper reviews current pricing practices in open finance, assesses how these models influence key objectives such as competition and innovation, and considers how different open finance archetypes shape the feasibility of various pricing approaches.