Blog Title Date Payroll Bank Accounts: Reaching Underbanked Populations Through Employers 16 October, 2019 Five Secure Ways Mobile Banking Apps Can Reactivate Logins 2 October, 2019 7 Ways Mobile Banking Apps Can Identify Fraudulent Logins 18 September, 2019 Six Financial Programs to Teach Teens About Credit 4 September, 2019 Six Innovative Features for Your Travel Banking App 21 August, 2019 Planning for Recovery Lending: Resilience after a Natural Disaster 7 August, 2019 Cloud Hosting for Credit Unions 1 August, 2019 Clicky Mobile Ways to Bring Financial Services to Low-Income Populations 24 July, 2019 4 Mobile Banking Programs to Quickly Build Customer Credit Scores 10 July, 2019 Gamifying Banking to Reach Low-Literacy Populations 26 June, 2019 Extreme Poverty: Is Microfinance the Answer? 19 June, 2019 The Banana Skins Report for 2018: Too Much Tech? 12 June, 2019 The Primary Credit Scoring Methods for Previously Unbanked Customers 5 June, 2019 Business Intelligence for Financial Institutions: The Impact of New Population Demographics 29 May, 2019 Microfinance is Leading Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Development 22 May, 2019 Challenges with Credit Scoring for Refugee and Immigrant Populations 15 May, 2019 Critical Infrastructure Needs for Moving the Rural Poor into the Innovation Economy 8 May, 2019 FinTech Disruptors: Ethical Models of Finance 1 May, 2019 Where No Man Has Gone Before: Branchless Banking 24 April, 2019 Two Interesting Banking Innovations Big Banks Are Afraid to Try 17 April, 2019 Assessing Indonesia’s Unbanked: The Pitfalls and Potential 10 April, 2019 FinTech Solutions Tackle the Financial Sector in Developing Countries 3 April, 2019 BIMA Provides Microinsurance for People in Emerging Markets 27 March, 2019 Business Intelligence Amplifies the Renovation of Financial Institutions’ Competitive Curve 20 March, 2019 Microfinance and Crowdfunding in the Developing World: Challenges to Seed Funding 13 March, 2019 Brick-and-Mortar Lenders Have Two Choices: Incorporate FinTech Innovations or Close 6 March, 2019 Indonesia’s Mobile Phones Get Microfinance Message Out 27 February, 2019 The Misinterpreted, Misdirected, and Misrepresented SMEs in Developing Countries need Support 20 February, 2019 Healthcare and the Role of Microfinance in Providing Integrated Health Services 13 February, 2019 African Banks Face “Digital Dilemmas” When Reaching the Unbanked 6 February, 2019 Branchless Banking Coming To The Dubai Islamic Bank 30 January, 2019 Do Microfinance Institutions Have a Role in Infrastructure Development? 23 January, 2019 The RMGM Assessment Tool for Risk Management in Microfinance Institutions 16 January, 2019 Developing Countries are using Nontraditional Credit Scoring to Determine a Client’s Propensity to Pay 9 January, 2019 How Lead Bank is Bridging the Gap between Small Businesses and Banking Institutions 2 January, 2019 Best Practices for Microfinance Institutions after a Natural Disaster 26 December, 2018 5 Ways Financial Institutions Can Manage Their Risk Effectively 19 December, 2018 Inclusive Finance in China: Regulatory Support, Market Forces, or NGO Global Programs? 12 December, 2018 Microfinance in Yemen: Lessons Learned from Financial Services in a Conflict Zone 5 December, 2018 Hands Off Accounting, Hands On Your Money 28 November, 2018 Will FinTech Save the Environment? 21 November, 2018 Artificial Intelligence Could Reduce the Risk of Expanding Banks into Low-Income Areas 14 November, 2018 Closed Savings Accounts in India Point to Troubles With Financial Inclusion 7 November, 2018 The Better than Cash Alliance Joins with Gap Inc. to Promote Garment Industry Inclusion 31 October, 2018 Challenges to Providing Inclusive Finance to Refugee Populations 24 October, 2018 Innovative Microfinance in Georgia 17 October, 2018 One Woman’s Struggle With an “Inclusive” Bank in India 10 October, 2018 Understanding Cognitive Bias: A Critical Piece of Financial Literacy Education 3 October, 2018 Can Microinsurance Impact Human Costs in a Natural Disaster? 26 September, 2018 Challenges in Vanuatu: Agricultural Cooperatives and Microfinance Infrastructure 19 September, 2018 Financial Safety Nets: Does Microfinance Improve Savings Behaviours? 12 September, 2018 Addressing Extreme Poverty Among Smallholder Farmers in Africa: One Acre Fund’s Model 5 September, 2018 Funding Higher Education through Microfinance Initiatives 29 August, 2018 Financial Literacy Education: Challenges for New Micro-Entrepreneurs 22 August, 2018 Is Financial Literacy Education a Predictor of Savings Behaviours for Women in the Developing World? 15 August, 2018 Rural Development Hinges on Mobile Phone and Internet Access 8 August, 2018 In Our Own Backyard: Domestic Microfinance for US-Based Entrepreneurs 1 August, 2018 Can Microfinance in Developing Countries Support Affordable Housing Development? 25 July, 2018 New and Innovative Fintech Solutions Around The Globe 18 July, 2018 Capacity Building Programs for Financial Inclusion 11 July, 2018 Sustainable Development and Financial Inclusion: Is a Cashless Economy the Answer? 4 July, 2018 Ethereum And CryptoKitties: Finally, Understanding Blockchain 27 June, 2018 Credit Scoring in Emerging Economies: Using Nontraditional Data 20 June, 2018 Community Banking Providers That Have Done Something Interesting 13 June, 2018 Will the Repeal of Net Neutrality Impact Efforts at Financial Inclusion? 6 June, 2018 Do Efforts at Financial Inclusion Impact Large-Scale Economic Development? 30 May, 2018 Indigenous People and Financial Inclusion: Challenges Remain 23 May, 2018 The Goals of Branchless Banking and MFIs in the Philippines 16 May, 2018 The Women’s Microfinance Initiative: A Structured Transition to the Formal Economy 9 May, 2018 Biometrics in Banking 2 May, 2018 EARN App – Helping Low Income Populations Start A Lifetime of Saving 25 April, 2018 The Wings to Fly Initiative by Equity Bank Kenya Limited 18 April, 2018 Basic Cash Benefits: Research in the Developing World by GiveDirectly.org 11 April, 2018 Grant From Elevations Credit Union Gives Hundred of Books to Children 4 April, 2018 Spatial Awareness: The potential for satellite imaging data to drive scale in rural finance 28 March, 2018 Is Fintech really all about millennials? 21 March, 2018 Has Digital Credit fulfilled its expectation in Tanzania? 14 March, 2018 New bank branch numbers are on the rise in emerging markets despite prediction of imminent decline 7 March, 2018 Meet Tanda, Yahoo Finance’s new peer-powered social savings app 28 February, 2018 Ripio Seeks to Bring Bitcoin Based Financial Inclusion to South America 21 February, 2018 Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Credit Scoring by Personality Tests 14 February, 2018 Powering the Developing World: Microfinance and Solar 7 February, 2018 Nigeria Offering Family Savings Plans and new Financial Literacy Education 31 January, 2018 Could 2018 be the year we see an ‘Amazon Bank’ in the U.S.? 24 January, 2018 Challenges and Opportunities for Financial Inclusion in Southeast Asia 17 January, 2018 Encouraging Financial Literacy Services in Underserved Markets 10 January, 2018 Kopo Kopo: Growing Business in Kenya 3 January, 2018 The USPS: Co-Creating Financial Services for Low Income and Underserved Populations 27 December, 2017 Fintech Offers Credit Scores without FICO 20 December, 2017 Fintech Startups Take on Remittances 13 December, 2017 Examples and ideas for software that helps financial institutions reach and serve low income populations using mobile phones 6 December, 2017 Challenges of Credit Scoring for Those with Seasonal Income 29 November, 2017 New and Innovative Fintech Solutions – Blockchain 22 November, 2017 FINCONECTA, the Bridge Between Financial Institutions and FinTech Companies 15 November, 2017 Financial Inclusion in Myanmar, with Chatbot 8 November, 2017 Making the Practical More Practical in Business Intelligence 1 November, 2017 Financial Inclusion for Refugees: Digital Payments and Biometric Identifiers 25 October, 2017 South Africa’s National Post Office to Become Development Bank 18 October, 2017 Sharia-Compliant Financial Services: Financial Inclusion for Islam 11 October, 2017 Mongolia Raises the Bar: Financial Inclusion through Microfinance and Innovative what3words Addresses 4 October, 2017 New and Innovative Fintech Solutions – Sending Cash to Friends and Family with Blockchain 27 September, 2017 Financial Inclusion for People With Disabilities: A Global Challenge 20 September, 2017 Best Practices for Financial Risk Management in the Banking Sector 13 September, 2017 India’s Approach to Financial Inclusion for Children 6 September, 2017 Use Video to Attract Low-Income Customers and Motivate Them to Bank with You 30 August, 2017 Financial Inclusion for Native Americans: Are Tribes Exempt from Dodd-Frank? 23 August, 2017 Establishing Identity: The First Step Toward Financial Inclusion 16 August, 2017 RegTech: Agile Technology for Global Regulatory Monitoring 9 August, 2017 Financial Inclusion for Women: Challenges Remain 2 August, 2017 Emerging Market Countries Rated for Financial Inclusion 26 July, 2017 In conversation with the leading women of HilltopSecurities 21 July, 2017 Privacy, Poverty, and Financial Inclusion 19 July, 2017 Take the Long View When Forging Best Practices for Financial Risk Management 12 July, 2017 Venture Labs: Investment, Innovation, Financial Inclusion 5 July, 2017 Spend Your Cheddar Better: A Financial Literacy Game 28 June, 2017 A Financial Inclusion Program for Afghanistan’s Ultra-Poor 21 June, 2017 Aire and Konfio: Fintech Startups Using New Data for Financial Inclusion 14 June, 2017 The Cash and Stash Bust: Why Americans Can’t Save Money 7 June, 2017 Financial Literacy Games: Making Money Fun 31 May, 2017 Grameen America and Non-Profit Microlenders in the US 24 May, 2017 FICO Scores for the International Market Debut in the Philippines 17 May, 2017 Learning to Save, Saving to Learn: FDIC’s Youth Savings Pilot Program Seeing Strong Results 10 May, 2017 Two Successful Native American CDFIs – Lessons Learned 3 May, 2017 Paypal’s Working Capital Small Business Loans 26 April, 2017 Excluded Populations and The Informal Economy 19 April, 2017 Financial Services, Farmers, and Hunger in Africa 12 April, 2017 Combine Financial Services with Education to Reach More Clients in Your Underserved Market: Approaches for Youth Education on Financial Development and Entrepreneurship 5 April, 2017 ABLE Accounts: A Savings Option for Low-Income Special Needs Adults 29 March, 2017 Community Partnerships Find Housing Solutions for Homeless and Wounded Veterans 22 March, 2017 Real-world Examples of Innovative Microfinance Institutions – ARC’s Return to Refuge 15 March, 2017 Best Practices for Financial Risk Management: Protecting Consumers and Protecting Your Community’s Financial Future 8 March, 2017 Encouraging Entrepreneurship: A Great Example of Combining Financial Services with Education to Reach Underserved Markets 1 March, 2017 Cell Phones Records and Other Exciting New Tools and Approaches for Credit Scoring Largely Unbanked Populations 22 February, 2017 Equitas Holdings: Changing the lives of the poor in India in more than one way 15 February, 2017 Approaches for Credit Scoring for Largely Unbanked Populations 8 February, 2017 Zero-percent Working Capital Financing Available to New Jersey Business Women 1 February, 2017 Kiva Field Partners and Trustees 25 January, 2017 The Doni Doni Truck Financing Initiative 18 January, 2017 A Look into the Financial Lives of Smallholder Agriculture Producers 11 January, 2017 The IFC Corporate Governance Practice Project in the Kyrgyz Republic 4 January, 2017 Financial Inclusion Insights: Mobile Money in Four African Countries 28 December, 2016 Getting Vietnam’s Low-Income Population on Board with Banking 21 December, 2016 Large Denomination Currency and the Underground Economy 14 December, 2016 Microfinancing meets crowdfunding with Kiva 7 December, 2016 Cyber Protection Services and their Potential Benefits to Small Financial Institutions 30 November, 2016 Co-creating financial services for low income populations: Why you need an anthropologist and not a designer (cont’d) 23 November, 2016 Co-creating financial services for low income and unbanked populations: Why you need an anthropologist and not a designer 16 November, 2016 A Texas bank with a twist on Cash Mobs 14 November, 2016 How eliminating passwords is making mobile banking more secure 9 November, 2016 Real-world examples of innovative microfinance institutions: Hamilton Microfinance Club 2 November, 2016 Biometrics Make their Headway into Branchless Banking 26 October, 2016 How flexible payment systems are changing the face of microfinance 19 October, 2016 Community Banking Providers Who Have Done Something Interesting: Nusenda Credit Union Partners With Community Sponsors to Create “Co-op Capital” 12 October, 2016 Best Practices for Financial Risk Management: Cyber Insurance Primer 5 October, 2016 Approaches for Credit Scoring for Populations without bank accounts – Consider What Alibaba Has Done 28 September, 2016 World Bank’s Open Development Initiative Helps Financial Institutions Reach and Serve Unbanked Populations 21 September, 2016 Best practice mobile banking and innovative applications to engage clients: Password management 14 September, 2016 Empowering Women Through Branchless Banking 7 September, 2016 Why are Britons keeping over £1 billion in piggy banks, glass jars and sock drawers at home? 31 August, 2016 Smart Campaign’s Client Voices Project launched in Washington D.C. 24 August, 2016 Practical uses for business intelligence by financial institutions that serve low-income populations 17 August, 2016 The General Misconception of Financial Accessibility Amongst the Pakistani Population 10 August, 2016 Making a difference for millions of underserved Americans who don’t have basic banking services 3 August, 2016 Vigorous Growth in Latin American Mobile Banking Raises Concerns Over Best Security and Marketing Practice 27 July, 2016 Real-world examples of innovative microfinance institutions working with big business 20 July, 2016 No Credit Score? 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Lending Circle Approach Has Positive Impact for Largely Unbanked Populations 13 July, 2016 Preparing for another year of BAI Global Banking Innovation Awards 6 July, 2016 Educating Mobile Banking Customers: Best Practices for Financial Risk Management 29 June, 2016 Real-world examples of innovative microfinance institutions: Grameen Bank 22 June, 2016 Using Outreach Events to Best Reach Your Local Unbanked Population: Examples of combining financial services with other services to reach underserved markets 15 June, 2016 Mobile Banking in Africa: Best practices and “lessons learned” relating to branchless banking 8 June, 2016 Delaware Empowers Underserved Markets by Leveraging Community Partners to Combine Financial Services 1 June, 2016 Three software innovations may help CDFIs compete 25 May, 2016 Does Branchless Banking Lead to More or Less Underbanked Individuals? 18 May, 2016 Tapping Into Local Resources: The importance of technology education 11 May, 2016 The Beauty of Good Referrals: How small business owners find success 4 May, 2016 The Client Voices Georgia Country Report for microfinance institutions industry 27 April, 2016 How Can Your Financial Institution Help Your Customers Prepare for their Children’s Financial Future 20 April, 2016 SKDRDP: One of India’s Finest Examples of Innovative Microfinance Institutions 13 April, 2016 Reaching Underserved Markets Through Financial Services, Preparedness, and Education 6 April, 2016 Best practices for financial risk management 30 March, 2016 How Combining Financial Services with Education Can Better Reach and Empower Underserved Markets 23 March, 2016 Best Practices for Financial Risk Management: An Informal Discussion 16 March, 2016 Combining financial services with education to reach underserved markets 16 March, 2016 Mobile Banking with Bee–Best Practice Mobile Banking and Innovative Applications to engage clients 9 March, 2016 Technology that helps financial institutions reach and serve low income populations 2 March, 2016 Mobile Banking with Bee–Best Practice Mobile Banking and Innovative Applications to engage clients 24 February, 2016 Grassroots Marketing for Microfinance Institutions 17 February, 2016 Two community banking providers who have done something interesting 10 February, 2016 #BankSocial Media Conference links content marketing to banking industry 3 February, 2016 Providing a service to your customers with credit scoring, even in the age of internet 27 January, 2016 Staying Competitive with the Big Banks, While Maintaining Community Banking Roots 20 January, 2016 Neutral Business Intelligence 13 January, 2016 Riding the wave of innovation with branchless banking 6 January, 2016 Gender Gap in Mobile Banking Still a Major Hindrance to Global Financial Inclusion for Women 5 January, 2016 Gender Gap in Mobile Banking Still a Major Hindrance to Global Financial Inclusion for Women 30 December, 2015 Solar Power, Clean Water, and Mobile Pay– Real-world examples of innovative microfinance institutions 23 December, 2015 Atom Bank Tops the Branchless Banking Charts 16 December, 2015 The Importance of Analysing the Market for Microfinance Institutions 9 December, 2015 Low and High Income Populations Can Prosper With Innovative Microfinance Financial Services 2 December, 2015 Startup TransferWise: P2P transfer service bypass fees to send money abroad 25 November, 2015 Portfolio Analysis Practices of Microfinance Institutions 18 November, 2015 Retailer Partnership and Human-Centred Design Helps Move Smallholder Farmers Out of Poverty 11 November, 2015 Integrating Digital Technology into Branch Delivery Network 4 November, 2015 Better Business Intelligence: Metrics for Microfinance 28 October, 2015 Six Questions for Microfinance’s Doubters 21 October, 2015 Equity Bank MVNO moves in on Kenya’s mobile money market 14 October, 2015 Successful Marketing on a Budget 7 October, 2015 A Step Forward For Community Banking 30 September, 2015 Branchless Banking in Pakistan Earning Global Respect and Recognition 23 September, 2015 Community Marketing for Microfinance Institutions 16 September, 2015 Integrated Microfinance Solutions for Community Banking 9 September, 2015 What Do Millennials and Generation Z’ers Expect from their Local Financial Institution? 2 September, 2015 Marketing for Community Financial Institutions: Unique Tactics You Haven’t Considered 26 August, 2015 How Credit Union Deal with Difficult Customers 19 August, 2015 Social Media and Your Modern Credit Union 12 August, 2015 Why Don’t Small and Medium Enterprises Grow? 4 August, 2015 Hype or Hope: Implications of Big Data for Financial Inclusion 30 July, 2015 The benefits of social media in the Microfinance industry 22 July, 2015 3 Lessons on Financial Inclusion and the Sharing Economy 13 July, 2015 Social Impact Research shows microfinance makes a difference 8 July, 2015 Simple Messages Help Consumers Understand Big Data 1 July, 2015 Ghanaian Rural Women Traders Cognitive Understanding and Perception of Mobile Phones and Money Systems 24 June, 2015 Tips for Improving Business Intelligence 17 June, 2015 When Saving for Tomorrow Necessitates Borrowing for Today 10 June, 2015 Saving for Change: Why is it so difficult for people to save money? 2 June, 2015 How to Keep Mobile Banking Personal in the Technology Age 26 May, 2015 One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Understanding the shifting dynamics clients’ demand for financial services 18 May, 2015 Microfinance veterans face up to new technologies and new competition 12 May, 2015 Is a Dedicated App Necessary for Mobile Banking? 6 May, 2015 A fresh approach to Financial Inclusion 29 April, 2015 Understanding Technology – A Fern Software Keynote 22 April, 2015 Case Study: Informal Microfinance in Ghana 16 April, 2015 Mobile Money in Myanmar 9 April, 2015 Banking Technology Study 13 February, 2015 Why marketing should go agile 5 February, 2015 Financial Inclusion in India: solving problems or creating them? 5 February, 2015 BLOG INTRO: Meeting the challenges of today 5 February, 2015