HOMEv5 — Financial Access Initiative

We explore how financial services can better meet the needs and improve the lives of poor households.

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Register Now | faiVLive: Building an Inclusive Financial System (Copy)

In 2009, FAI founder Jonathan Morduch was part of a group that determined “half the world is unbanked” …

When is Fintech Pro-Poor? 4 Key Takeaways on Risk, Transparency & Sector Priorities (Copy)

Last month, we gathered a group of expert panelists from around the world for a faiVLive on the possibilities for fintech to serve the poor and reduce inequality. What have we learned about where fintech advances inclusion, and when it creates a new (digital) divide?

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Featured Projects

The Sentinel Project: Keeping watch on the future of microfinance, through an investigation into how leading MFIs weigh their choices and make decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Stay tuned for early project findings.

Small Firm Diaries: A global financial diaries project to shed light into the hidden lives of small firms, through interviews with more than 1000 firms in 7 countries. Learn more.

US Financial Diaries: We tracked 235 low- and moderate-income households over the course of a year to collect highly detailed data on how families manage their finances on a day-to-day basis. Explore our findings.