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> Posted by Center Staff
This week’s Top Picks includes some good news for banks, some welcome calls in Mexico’s mobile market, a wrap-up of Vijay Mahajan’s trek across India’s microfinance landscape, and a look at Kiva’s contributions to non-traditional services and loans.
- “These are not the best of times for banks globally” might be an understatement, but Kabir Kumar identifies some reasons for optimism in his CGAP Technology Blog post “Banks Have Some Good News…Are They Listening?”
- Vijay Mahajan, who we earlier noted was “Treading Carefully in Indian Microfinance’s Troubled Landscape,” encapsulates the insights gained during his investigation/walk in his blog’s post “Shodh Yatra – A Video Summary of 79 Days in 15 mins.”
- “Without a credit card, bank account, or official employment history, mobile providers are unwilling to take the gamble on providing a post-paid monthly plan option to Mexico’s poor,” observes Josh Cleveland in his post “Reinventing the Mobile Market in Mexico” for NextBillion. Read the rest of this entry »
> Posted by Sergio Guzmán
Mexican microfinance leaders and industry observers are becoming alarmed that the country’s microfinance market may be over-heating, and they are especially concerned about future client indebtedness and political risks. In past posts, we have discussed Mexico’s great need and potential for financial inclusion. Several factors have led to an expansion of the industry in recent years, including state intervention and subsidization, regulatory approaches that eased NGO-to-finance-company transformations, and of course market leaders who created a strong business case for new entrants.
A new study (unfortunately, Spanish only) by Marulanda Consultores and commissioned by DAI Mexico looks at the Mexican microfinance industry with a critical eye and offers fresh insights. The study says that the Mexican microfinance industry is in a state of “precarious maturity” and that its potential for success can only be reached if certain challenges are addressed. These must-address challenges include a risk of market over-heating, the strengthening regulatory and supervisory agencies as microfinance becomes a larger part of the financial pie, and growing attention from politicians and journalists in the run up to next year’s elections. Some of these concerns echo the Center’s recent “Opportunities and Obstacles to Financial Inclusion” paper, which contains a special addendum about Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
> Posted by Kelley Mesa
This year the Center launched an ambitious initiative to accelerate progress towards achieving “full financial inclusion” around the world by 2020. The Center began by taking an in-depth look at Mexico, a country with both great need and great potential. The results of the Mexico pilot will be presented for the first time during this roundtable and will provide strategic and factual tools to enable leading private businesses, public agencies, and social-sector institutions to make policy, business, and resource allocation decisions that will substantially advance financial inclusion.
Through this roundtable on September 30 at the IDB Foromicro in Arequipa, Peru, the Center will convene key stakeholders and invite discussion and feedback on the white paper. This roundtable is particularly targeting people and institutions providing financial services in Mexico. It will provide a forum for discussion and feedback on the white paper.
For more information and to register, click here.
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