The following presentation looks the process of designing services for financial inclusion (loans, savings, mobile applications, etc.) and mentions a few factors affecting the design process, such as the cultural context, mental barriers, transparency, etc. Designing Services for Financial Inclusion View more presentations from Jan Chipchase. Author: Jan Chipchase Company: Nokia Money
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Below is a presentation about the progress of microfinance in terms of integration with the global financial system. The slides also look at some challenges faced by microfinance investment vehicles. Integrating Microfinance into the Global Financial System View more presentations from Microfinance Hub.
This presentation reports the results of a survey that explored the role of branchless banking agents in Brazil, where branchless banking offers financial access to the masses. The research team made the following findings: Branchless banking agents were commonly used by the branchless banking population in Brazil – mostly because these agents are located near [...]
Here’s a captivating presentation about poverty and the wide disconnect (wealth gap) between the developing world and the developed world. Some interesting facts that caught my attention: North America and Europe combined spend eight times as much on alcoholic drinks than the global spending on basic healthcare and nutrition - every year. North America and Europe combined spend twice as [...]
Technology enhances the mission of microfinance through several solutions; mobile banking, credit information bureaus, peer-to-peer lending platforms, and c all deliver unique benefits to microfinance institutions. Most of these tools heavily rely on the internet to store, process and transmit data online. For instance, online processing is an integral part of mobile banking applications as [...]
Here is a presentation about ways technology can be leveraged to reach ‘less privileged’ members of the society. The ‘hourglass’ model is used to explain how microfinance institutions can act as intermediaries (through information technology) in the development process, by providing access to mobile phones and community telecenters (for mobile payment solutions and information sharing [...]
Microfinance institutions often rely on basic information systems (relying on basic computerized spreadsheets or software) to run their business. While this works for small-sized microfinance providers, larger, high-growth MFIs need advanced information systems for variety of reasons to handle the following business areas: Customer management – handling a vast number of clients from different geographical [...]
Here’s a detailed presentation I found about credit bureaus in Microfinance, covering various topics related to this microfinance service: The utility of microfinance credit bureaus and the impact on default rates in the absence of one (read other challenges in microfinance) use of credit ratings in pre-selection stages of micro loans, loan under-writing and microfinance [...]
This short, yet informative presentation serves as a country profile for Kenya in terms of microfinance, and underscores the importance of micro enterprises in Africa. Micro Enterprise In Kenya View more presentations from Microfinance Hub. Dinning, R. . (2010). Micro Enterprise in Africa. Available: http://socialventurelaw.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/powerpoint-on-micro-enterprise-in-africa-by-ray-dinning-esq/. Last accessed 11 March, 2010. You can see other articles [...]
Here’s an informative presentation about the potential role that technology can play in the field of microfinance. Ibm Microfinance Sept 09 View more presentations from ivanadarma. Source: Tenny, Lee. “IBM Microfinance Power Point Presentation”. Los Angeles Microfinance Network. Feb 26, 2010 . If you’d like to see other elements of technology and microfinance, click here. As always, [...]
