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International Savings Conference

This conference aims to bring together stakeholders across the financial ecosystem to advance the culture and practice of saving as a foundation for financial resilience and inclusive economic growth. 

FinDev Blog

Digitizing Savings Groups: Five Steps That Cannot Be Skipped

A growing ecosystem of fintechs, financial service providers and development organizations is working to digitize savings groups and connect them to formal finance at scale. But to actually improve women's financial agency, the foundations must come first.

FinDev Blog

What Would It Take for Financial Education to Lead to Lasting Financial Health?

As we celebrate Global Money Week, an Italian initiative provides insights on helping university students convert awareness into sustained saving behavior.

FinEquity Blog

From Informal to Investable

Banks and MFIs have often overlooked women nano-entrepreneurs as too costly to serve. But by reaching them through trusted savings groups and digital tools, financial institutions are finding viable ways to serve segments traditional lending has missed.

Paper

Inclusive Pensions for an Aging World: Evidence and Strategies for Engaging Informal Workers

This Working Paper reviews how different countries have designed pension schemes for informal workers. It focuses on contributory schemes for the “missing middle”: informal workers with sufficiently stable incomes to save for old age but who lack access to suitable pension options.
News

Bank Nizwa Targets Financial Inclusion With WPS Savings Account for Salaried Employees

Through the launch of the WPS Savings Account, Bank Nizwa reaffirms its commitment to providing responsible Islamic financial solutions that promote workforce stability, regulatory compliance, and inclusive economic growth across the Sultanate.

Paper

Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment: Implications for Program Design and Evaluation

This policy brief shares practical lessons from customer research on women’s saving behavior in Uganda, examining how different empowerment indicators perform in capturing women’s financial behaviors, decisionmaking, and outcomes.

Paper

A Proportionate Regulatory Framework for Savings Groups

Drawing on country experiences from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and India, the study examines the growing interest in regulating savings groups to enhance trust, protect members’ savings, improve governance, enable linkages with formal financial institutions, and strengthen data collection.

FinEquity Blog

Financing Her Health: How Maternity Wallets and Medical Loans Can Transform Maternal Care

Affordable health finance products boost resilience for urban slum dwellers in India.

FinEquity Blog

Building Women’s Financial Resilience Through a Digital Savings-Led Banking Model

A pilot program in India helped low-income women entrepreneurs grow their savings and integrate into the formal financial system.