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News

Duppla Drives Financial Inclusion in Colombia With Begini’s Behavioural Data Insights

Begini’s platform has enabled Duppla to enhance credit assessment processes, expand access to its housing solution, and gain strategic insights to support sustainable portfolio growth.

FinDev Blog

Using AI to Bring Social Capital Into Credit Decisions

Could the data representing a person’s social life be analyzed by AI to determine creditworthiness?

News

Latin American Open Finance Platform Belvo Raises $15M

Mexico City-based open finance API platform Belvo has raised $15 million in a round led by Quona Capital and joined by Citi Ventures.

News

AFI’s Competition Enablers Knowledge Exchange Explores the Importance of Interoperability

Guest speakers presented findings from their research project, highlighting how instant payment systems have significantly transformed financial inclusion by reducing transaction costs and improving service efficiency.

Paper

Open Finance Implementation: Global Lessons From the First Wave of Innovation

This paper reviews the most important lessons and good practices from several leading open finance regimes, and considers how rules on four key topics impact open finance development.

FinDev Blog

How Artificial Intelligence Can Revolutionize Financial Inclusion

Artificial intelligence is a transformative force with the potential to make financial services more efficient, inclusive and responsive to client needs. However, the future of AI in financial inclusion relies on responsible practices to ensure an ethical and impactful use of this evolving technology.

News

Exploring Bangladesh’s Experience in Women’s Financial Inclusion, Sex Disaggregated Data and Digital Financial Services

Participants from 35 member institutions in 32 countries attended the Joint Learning Program in Dhaka, which explored how to develop and implement policies on disaggregated data and innovative digital financial services in order to enhance women’s financial inclusion, drawing on Bangladesh’s experience.

FinDev Blog

Boosting Women’s Climate Resilience: Three Areas to Support FSPs

This blog explores three key ways FSPs can be supported to offer inclusive financial solutions that boost low-income women’s climate adaptation and resilience—through better data use, stronger institutional capacity, and increased funding.

FinDev Interview

2024 Pathway-to-17 Summit Reflection

FinEquity Africa Facilitator Tariro Nyimo reflects on the 2024 Pathway-to-17 Summit, which spotlighted gender equality, innovative solutions, and vibrant collaboration to drive women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion in Africa.

Guide / Toolkit

Policy Development and Implementation Guide for Inclusive Open Finance

This guideline note provides a comprehensive framework for policymakers and regulators to design and implement inclusive data-sharing ecosystems—whether open banking, open finance, or broader open data regimes tailored to their unique contexts.