New Blog Posts for Kiva, CGAP, Center for Financial Inclusion
You can read about MFO’s work in industry blogs across the web. As part of Kiva’s Nonfinancial Services blog series, President Monique Cohen wrote about financial education and its intersection with microfinance. She also guest posted on the CGAP technology … Continue
Conference Notes: Consumer Education Goes Mainstream
While presenting at conferences in Peru, Singapore, the Bahamas, Brazil, Paraguay, and India this fall, MFO staff noticed an interesting trend: consumer education has gone mainstream. Whether hearing from MFIs, central banks, insurers, or telecommunications companies, the message is clear. … Continue
MFO Presents: 2011 Microcredit Summit
President Monique Cohen presented at the Global Microcredit Summit, held November 14-17 in Valladolid, Spain. The sold-out conference included six plenary sessions, over 50 workshops, and day-long courses in order to track progress in the field and inspire attendees to … Continue
Webinar: How Consumer Education Tools can Address the Challenges of Branchless Banking
On November 29, MFO hosted a webinar to discuss the challenges to uptake and usage of branchless banking, identified through market research studies carried out in the Philippines, India, Malawi and Zambia. Participants in the webinar learned how MFO … Continue
Roundtable in London will Discuss Financial Diaries, Uses for Transactional Data
President Monique Cohen and Senior Advisor Guy Stuart will present the findings in MFO’s recent financial diaries report on mobile money use in Kenya at the Microfinance Club of London on November 10. The report, titled Cash In, Cash … Continue
MFO Presents at SEEP Conference
On Tuesday, November 1, four individuals represented MFO at the SEEP Network Conference in Washington, DC: President and Founder Monique Cohen presented at a breakfast session titled Financial Education for Financial Inclusion. She introduced participants to the recently-published … Continue
MFO’s Liz McGuinness Featured in New ILO Microinsurance Innovation Video
The lack of insurance culture in low income communities is a key challenge for those seeking to develop microinsurance services. Insurers must find ways to increase awareness and understanding of insurance, and to build trust within communities, if they … Continue