Tag: financial inclusion
Kirana stores in Assam offer banking services to 40,000 customers in flood-affected villages
In a big relief effort, the residents of flood-devastated Assam have now received a lifeline as Business Correspondents (BCs) of PayNearby, India’s leading digital...
International Women’s Day: Simona Haiduc from Opportunity International Talks About Financial Inclusion of Women in Developing Countries
“Women’s rights are a human rights issue. Everyone must work to help achieve equal rights for women,” says Dr Farzana Khan, Head of Programs,...
Digital Lending: Changing the financial inclusion landscape in India
The rise of digitalisation following the COVID-19 crisis has complemented the growth of industries such as e‑commerce, financial services and consumer credit. Consequently, the...
This visually challenged citizen is making thousands of PwD financially literate via free tutorials
"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for...
Bridging the digital finance gender gap
One of the most promising ways to close the stubbornly persisting gender divide is technology. While inclusion is growing for everyone, women tend to...
Small Finance Banks play a key role in priority sector lending: Sanjay Kao, Chief Business Officer, Ujjivan
Ever since the RBI granted differentiated banking licenses to Small Finance Banks (SFBs), there has been a world of difference to customers of SFBs...
CSR: Using AI to improve Financial Inclusion
About 1.7 billion people worldwide are “unbanked,” that is, they do not have an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider....
CSR: Progress in India on financial inclusion
India has achieved significant progress on the financial inclusion of both women and men over the past six years. The number of bank accounts...
Bridging The Gender Gap
Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life fairer for women everywhere. It's not about a piece...
Piecing Together The Financial Inclusion Puzzle
"Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Inequality and exclusion are...
CSR: Financial Inclusion For Farming Community
Center for Digital Financial Inclusion (CDFI) will be collaborating with Bihar Agriculture Growth and Reform Initiative (BAGRI) to implement the KANCHI platform in eleven...
CSR: Financial Inclusion To Kick Off In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisioned a digital India. In lieu of this the government is working hard towards bringing financial inclusion in every...
