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Digitization in Microfinance: Case Studies of Pathways to Success
This Working Paper takes a unique look at microfinance institution innovation with digital technologies by featuring case studies on five MFIs that successfully created measurable customer and business value through digitization:COVID-19 Briefing
Microfinance Solvency and COVID-19: A Call for Coordination
This COVID-19 Briefing looks specifically at how to address the solvency risks facing medium and small microfinance providers, which often reach into communities and geographic areas that are not served by larger lenders.Publication
Business Her Own Way: Creating Livelihoods Through Informal Online Commerce
This Focus Note outlines the characteristics of IOC, maps the personas of the women who engage in it, and provides guidance to funders looking to support women to generate livelihoods through IOC.Data
Snapshots: MFIs During the COVID-19 Crisis
CGAP and Symbiotics analyze COVID-19's impact on the performance of the more than 300 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Symbiotics global portfolio, in this series of brief papers published between November 2020 and July 2021.Publication
PAYGo PERFORM: Financial, Operational, and Portfolio Quality KPIs for the PAYGo solar industry
With the help of 600 colleagues from the PAYGO offgrid solar sector, a new set of 36 standard metrics covering portfolio quality, unit and firm-level economics, and company operational indicators are available today.Publication
Getting Repaid in Asset Finance: A Guide to Managing Credit Risk
From Sub-Saharan Africa to the Indian Subcontinent, asset finance and leasing companies are doing invaluable, innovative work to finance critical assets for low-income and informal borrowers. But unlike banks and microfinance institutions, many of these companies do not have deep experience in organizing a credit operation, mitigating risk throughout a credit transaction or managing a portfolio of loans or leases.
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Fintech and Financial Inclusion: A Funders' Guide to Greater Impact
This practical guide, based on two years of global research, describes how development funders can identify promising fintechs and maximize the impact of their support.Infographic
Fintech and Development Funders
With a strategic approach, development funders can expand fintech's impact on low-income communities and small businesses. See key findings from CGAP's fintech research at a glance in this infographic.Reading Deck
Development Funders and Inclusive Fintechs: Analyzing One Decade of Funding Flows
Are development funders providing catalytic support that helps build inclusive fintech markets? This slide deck analyzes a decade of funding flows into the fintech sector.Publication