Financial Inclusion

Last week the FCA shared a timely warning reminding CEOs of credit brokers and firms providing high-cost lending products about the UK’s growing cost of living crisis and their resultant focus on spotting any predatory behaviour towards the vulnerable. …

Matt joined Mobiquity two years ago. He talks about the importance of digital within financial services, and how consumers have come to expect digital solutions and products, but demand more sustainable activities from their banks and financial institutions. …

If you’ve even dabbled remotely in the financial literacy world, you’ve probably been hammered time and time again on the importance of saving for retirement. A lot of people though, either underestimate the importance of saving for retirement or don’t realize how much they need to live comfortably in their…

Switching the delivery app you use isn’t going to help drivers. Eleven days ago, UAE Deliveroo drivers staged a Labour Day protest. The food delivery app had proposed a reduction in fee they receive per delivery, by about 15% to AED8.75 ($2.38), plus a plan to lengthen shifts by three…

A program for startups to serve last-mile communities with digital financial services and cash-in/cash-out innovations — How might we accelerate financial innovation at the last mile so it outpaces the first mile? This question is at the heart of our second accelerator program, which is now open for applications. After a successful first accelerator program in 2021, IDEO Last Mile Money is once again inviting promising early-stage ventures that are connecting underserved communities in emerging markets to digital financial services.

To begin with, we wanted to share an interview with one of our co-founders, Pat Reilly who recently sat down and spoke with Authority Magazine. Is there a particular book that made a significant impact on you? Can you share a story or explain why it resonated with you so…

Written by Blessing Onyegbula — I was 12 years old at the time, standing in the bank next to my aunt, who was clearly exasperated, when she turned to me and said, “Nne, let’s go home now. I’ll come back another day to complete it.” She had waited in line all morning for her turn…

For Egyptians traditionally left out of the formal banking system, Khazna provides a suite of services to transform the way they access and manage their money After earning his MBA at Stanford in 2014, Omar Saleh came back to Cairo where he was born and raised, wanting to build a…

This article is an edited version of the research paper titled Financial Inclusion and Fertility: An Empirical Study submitted by the author at the Global Governance and Public Health Vulnerabilities in the Global South Conference, jointly organised by the Rethinking Economics India Network (REIN) and the Young Scholars’ Initiative (South…