Publication: Dvara Research

The best of intentions get thwarted ever so often, simply because the co-ordination and communication required are absent.

This is the second of three-part series of blogs titled “Mobile money”. The authors explore and explain all about mobile banking and how it can make a difference to the rural population.

“In 5 years, our village would have metal roads, hospitals and old-age homes to take care of the poor, the poor women who work for others now would become employers, giving employment opportunities to many other under-privileged people.

This is the first of three-part series of blogs titled “Mobile money”. The authors explore and explain all about mobile banking and how it can make a difference to the rural population.

Anil SG, CEO of IFMR Rural Finance, with an image of gold in its liquid form being molded into a solid state, as the initial slide, set the tempo for the topic being talked about at a recent Spark session – both visually and insightfully.

IFMR Capital closed its eighth microloan securitisation transaction this week, an INR 370 mn multi-originator securitisation with Delhi-based MFI Satin Creditcare, Rajasthan-based Sahayata Microfinance and Tamil Nadu MFI, Asirvad.

Finance Matters – A fortnightly column by IFMR Finance Foundation in The Hindu Business Line will explore ways in which the power of finance can be unlocked for improving the wellbeing of millions of households.

“In conversation” is a new series of Q & A blogs from the IFMR Blog team where we ask questions on behalf of our readers to leading personalities in the field of financial inclusion.

At the beginning of the summer, the six of us Stanford summer interns set out to determine, through field interviews and market research

Did you know that only half the adult population in the world has access to a bank account? More than 3 billion people don’t have access to savings accounts, and they are predominantly the world’s poorest people who live on less than US$2 per day.