This briefing note examines four key industry challenges from a financial inclusion perspective that serve as the foundation for...
How do you design and pilot a credit solution for small merchants? This new case study from FIBR shares...
MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium enterprises) need capital. They need startup capital, they need expansion capital and they also...
Following the launch (May 16th) of the FIBR report, “Artificial Intelligence: Practical Superpowers,” we are hosting a follow-up webinar...
Small merchants in emerging markets are increasingly adopting digital commerce to expand their customer base and market their goods...
The Gig is Up is a three-part podcast series discussing the global gig economy covering everything from the disruption...
To “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6),” water service providers need to...
With knowledge comes power. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful way to harness data into knowledge and into action....
FIBR, a program of BFA in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, explored how artificial intelligence, machine learning can be...
Javier Linares demonstrates the merchant assistant, a voice-activated artificial intelligence tool that allows shopkeepers to obtain certain on-demand information...
FIBR, a program of BFA in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, explored how artificial intelligence and machine learning can...
The FIBR project with Mastercard Foundation explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning can help PAYGo business be more...
Javier Linares, the FIBR project’s product manager, describes how smartphone cameras can help shopkeepers track inventory and sales. This...
PAYGo providers fulfill an essential function when it comes to access to services, and many of the companies can...
Matt Grasser describes the positive impact that artificial intelligence can have for financial services providers in Africa and more...
Matt Grasser, the FIBR technology lead, describes artificial intelligence and machine learning and how BFA Global interprets and engages...
BFA Global CEO, Amolo Ng’weno describes FIBR’s Artificial Intelligence gallery, which accompanies and demonstrates the work we do on...
BFA Global CEO, Amolo Ng’weno, then East Africa Regional Director, describes the key takeaways from the FIBR report, “Artificial...
The FIBR Project was conceived as a research and development project funded by Mastercard Foundation that worked with small...
Amolo Ng’weno describes the primary reason that FIBR chose to work with the PAYGo solar sector and small merchants....
The merchant assistant is a voice-activated artificial intelligence tool that allows shopkeepers to obtain certain on-demand information related to...
FIBR’s suggested purchase app allows merchants and shopkeepers to budget their costs and expenses based on a demand forecast...
FIBR’s product recognition app helps merchants and shopkeepers to find and price products based on characteristics in smartphone camera...
FIBR sees the potential of AI and machine learning for small business merchants and shopkeepers in the ability to...
FIBR, a program of BFA Global and Mastercard Foundation, is working with Off-Grid Electric’s (OGE) operations teams to execute...
FIBR, a program of BFA and Mastercard Foundation, is working with partner Sokowatch, an e-commerce platform for informal merchants...
FIBR is an initiative of BFA Global in partnership with Mastercard Foundation to create new ways to connect low-income...
Product and Quantity Recognition AI Demo Gallery example
Product Inventory AI Demo Gallery example
Text to Voice AI Demo Gallery example
Agent networks are a backbone for the delivery of financial services. While the report refers specifically to the management...
A look at FIBR in 2018, covering our work in PAYGo and MSME (FIBR video v18-FinalCutv1 without VO and...
This white paper considers the likely effects of an important new phenomenon that may accelerate the “pull” factor of digital...
In this case study, we examine an alternative marketplace lending platform that connects impact and institutional debt investors with...
In this case study, we examine an alternative lending platform that connects impact and institutional debt investors with alternative...
During the past years, the U.S., the UK and China have seen an explosion of what has come to...
Digital products and channels are generating exponentially more data each day. Enhancing user research with data analysis has become...
The FIBR (Financial Inclusion on Business Runways) project is an action research project of BFA Global (in partnership with...
BFA launches FIBR (Financial Inclusion on Business Runways), a new project of BFA in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation....