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> Posted by Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, CFI
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What are the most important unanswered questions in financial inclusion?
Last week I was fortunate to participate in the small, idea-packed Conference on Financial Inclusion at Harvard Business School, organized by Professor Rajiv Lal. The attendees were a high-level microcosm of the financial inclusion world, a sort of mini-Financial Inclusion 2020 Global Forum. A prime purpose of the gathering was to identify a potential research agenda.
Among the ideas emerging from very rich conversations, I identified three distinct areas of research: business questions that could be addressed through HBS’s famous case method; research focused on regulation; and social science research focused on consumers. Because what one says at HBS stays at HBS, I cannot identify who offered what idea, but here is a brief summary.
> Posted by Center Staff
Last week, the Center for Financial Services Innovation announced the release of the Compass Guide to Prepaid at the Power of Prepaid Conference in Washington, DC. This guide is an important tool for improving the design and delivery of general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid cards.
By developing prepaid card accounts and products, CFSI hopes to contribute to global financial inclusion by providing underserved consumers with a quality financial tool that ensures security, accessibility, convenience and much more. Read the rest of this entry »
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