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CGAP works to make financial services meet the needs of poor people
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor is an independent think tank dedicated to financial inclusion. Through our work, we seek to empower poor people to capture opportunities and build resilience through financial services. We test, learn and develop innovative solutions through practical research and active engagement with our partners on building responsible and inclusive financial systems that help people move out of poverty, protect their gains and advance global development goals.
Learn how to devise an open API pricing strategy that supports your business objectives, generates value for API users, and aligns with market norms for pricing.
The story of National Payments Corporation of India sheds light on the quick and robust transformation of India’s payment systems. The lessons learned from the NPCI success story can be useful for policy makers in financial inclusion and other markets.
Shamir Karkal shares five tips on how digital financial services providers can get their open APIs into the hands of innovative developers.
Digital credit is a testament to the ways in which technology and new business models can assist in the expansion of financial services to low-income households. But it also points to potential hazards of letting a market develop unchecked.
Financial account usage rates can tell us a lot about the state of financial inclusion, but high usage shouldn’t be confused with impact on customers’ lives.
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