Mexico Financial Diaries

Year Started:
2013

Year Ended:
2015

Key Partners/Clients:
Gateway Financial Innovations for Savings (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors) and BANSEFI (Banco del Ahorro Nacional y Servicios Financieros

Area of Work:
Digital Financial Services, Livelihoods and Microenterprise

Countries:
Mexico

Mexico Financial Diaries set out to obtain granular, long-term, provider-side data about the financial lives of low-income Mexicans. This data was used by BANSEFI to better understand and serve this market segment. Detailed information gained from these households would impact the way BANSEFI decided to administer the distribution of social transfer payments such as Oportunidades, and offered insight into new features of products that low-income customers demand.

The Mexico Financial Diaries followed 185 families in three locations (Mexico City, Puebla, and rural Oaxaca) representing three very different examples of Mexican life. Our research team visited these households approximately every two weeks over the course of a year, from early 2014 through January 2015 to interview families about all financial activities and events in their lives.

Findings and Key Takeaways

Insights

De Fiado En Fiado (English)

De Fiado En Fiado (English)

Mexico Financial Diaries set out to obtain granular, long-term, provider-side data about the financial lives of low-income Mexicans. This...

By BFA GLOBAL
Estirando El Gasto (English)

Estirando El Gasto (English)

Mexico Financial Diaries set out to obtain granular, long-term, provider-side data about the financial lives of low-income Mexicans. This...

By BFA GLOBAL
El Niágara en Bicicleta (English)

El Niágara en Bicicleta (English)

Mexico Financial Diaries set out to obtain granular, long-term, provider-side data about the financial lives of low-income Mexicans. This...

By BFA GLOBAL
Del Otro Lado (English)

Del Otro Lado (English)

Mexico Financial Diaries set out to obtain granular, long-term, provider-side data about the financial lives of low-income Mexicans. This...

By BFA GLOBAL
A Buck Short: Financial Diaries Gender Insights

A Buck Short: Financial Diaries Gender Insights

This report draws on Financial Diaries data from India, Kenya, and Mexico to enhance the field’s understanding of women’s...

By BFA GLOBAL
De Fiado En Fiado (Spanish)

De Fiado En Fiado (Spanish)

Mexico Financial Diaries set out to obtain granular, long-term, provider-side data about the financial lives of low-income Mexicans. This...

By BFA GLOBAL
Estirando El Gasto (Spanish)

Estirando El Gasto (Spanish)

Mexico Financial Diaries set out to obtain granular, long-term, provider-side data about the financial lives of low-income Mexicans. This...

By BFA GLOBAL
El Niágara en Bicicleta (Spanish)

El Niágara en Bicicleta (Spanish)

Mexico Financial Diaries set out to obtain granular, long-term, provider-side data about the financial lives of low-income Mexicans. This...

By BFA GLOBAL