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Learning From Our Past: Successful Ecosystem Evolutions Follow a Common Path
In early 2021, BFA Global, CGAP, UNCDF’s Better than Cash Alliance, PayPal, the UN’s Race to Resilience, and the...
Linking refugees to formal financial services
Financial services are an important avenue for refugees to save money, access loans, and manage life shocks. However, many...
Waking up to the Covid health threat in Kenya
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, February 4, 2021 “Yes, corona is real,” Beauty, a middle-aged mother in...
Inclusive fintech lending–Lessons from US and China
Blog 5 of the Recovtech series, this post written in partnership with members of the South Africa Recovtech team....
Mexicans say that PAYGo appliances are an investment for a better life, not an expense
To be truly inclusive, financial service providers need to go beyond simply offering lower prices. They need to...
Living on Little: Navigating financial scarcity in modern Kenya
Living on very little money doesn’t just mean that you worry about how to feed your family and pay...
Finance bends; will it break?
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, November 11, 2020 On average, families in the Kenya Financial Diaries started...
How are things now? Summary of September/October COVID diaries findings
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, November 11, 2020 Between 7 September and 14 October, our team spoke...
Imagining Post-COVID recovery
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, July 10, 2020 How Financial Diaries families imagine reconstructing their income streams...
La planeación de escenarios puede ayudar a las cooperativas de ahorro y préstamo mexicanas a prepararse para el impacto del COVID-19
Todas las opiniones aquí expresadas son exclusivas de BFA Global, por lo que MetLife no es responsable de la...
Every action counts: Making financial services available to refugees
In a time of global uncertainty, it has become crucial to continue to raise awareness about the plight of...
Corona Case Studies: Running out of options
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, June 12, 2020 After three months of Covid-19 restrictions, Jennifer’s economic options...
Webinar Recap: The impact of COVID-19 on Financial Diaries respondents in Kenya
When: Thursday, June 11 from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EAT Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, FSD Kenya and BFA...
Fintech en Mexico aun no ha cumplido con las expectativas de inclusión
Catalyst Fund welcomes new cohort of inclusive fintech startups creating solutions to improve the financial health of underserved communities...
The buck stops with women
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, April 30, 2020 How Kenyan mothers are keeping food on the table through...
Corona Case Studies: Lost without church
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, April 30, 2020 Vera (45) lives in an informal settlement in Mombasa....
Fintech’s unfulfilled promise: why many Mexicans remain excluded
Catalyst Fund welcomes new cohort of inclusive fintech startups creating solutions to improve the financial health of underserved communities...
If the coronavirus doesn’t kill you…
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, April 21, 2020 Kenyans’ reflections on security in the time of Covid-19...
“Our love has grown more”
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, April 21, 2020 Coronavirus disruptions are giving some Kenyan women a reprieve...
Corona Case Studies: Kibarua crunch
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, April 14, 2020 William, 39, hunts for earning options in Mombasa William...