CITI-FT Financial Education Summit 2014 Blog
I serve as President of Making Cents
International, a social enterprise that increases economic opportunities for
youth, women and smallholder farmers. In this role, I manage the company
and also lead our financial services, including financial education.... Read more |
RevolutionCredit transforms the credit decision process for both lenders and consumers by
creating a unique platform for creditors and consumers to engage and a database
of unique consumer economic behaviour data.... Read more |
At
IPA, I am a Coordinator for the Global Financial Inclusion Initiative (GFII),
which seeks to identify ways to enhance how low- and moderate-income
individuals manage and grow their financial portfolios.... Read more |
Introducing Technical Workshops at the 2014 Citi-FT Financial Education Summit |
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At
this year’s Summit, experts from around the world will conduct workshops
focused on innovative design elements that aim to improve the effectiveness and
implementation of financial education programmes.... Read more |
Tell us about the mission of Generasi Gemilang and your role within the organisation? Inspired
by Love, we are committed to building a strong nation by raising an exemplary
next generation and strengthening families. We believe that Love
transforms lives - therefore our work inspires love.... Read more |
Tell us about your
role at MoneyThink?
As
Moneythink’s Communications, Partnerships, and Resources Manager, I have the
privilege of working with a wide variety of like-minded partners who have
invested in.... Read more |
The goal of the 14th round of Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation’s Grand Challenges is to increase the value of mobile for poor and
low-income people by enabling universal acceptance....Read more |
Ahead of this year’s Citi-FT Financial Education Summit, Malaysia has
established itself to become a global center of financial inclusion, a reminder
that Asia is a driving force in promoting.... Read more |
Ruth Goodwin-Groen, managing director at Better Than Cash
Alliance, discusses the urging of G20 leaders to increase digital payments in
developing nations. She speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”.... Read more |
M-Pesa, which means mobile money
in Swahili, is credited with transforming the lives of millions of Africans who
did not have access to conventional banking services. It has recently migrated
to.... Read more |
The 2014 CGAP Financial Inclusion Photo Contest is open for submission. For
the past eight years, CGAP has featured inspiring photographs that capture the
innovation and diversity of microfinance and.... Read more |
We often discuss the 2.5 billion people globally who are unbanked, but
who are they?The World Bank’s Global
Findex, a global financial inclusion database created a very useful infographic.... Read more |
Over the last ten years, one of the most thought-after discussion topics at the Citi-FT Financial Education Summit has been how to successfully scale financial education programmes.... Read more |
The Inter-American
Development Bank(IDB) recently published a paper investigating the
effect of remittances from the United States on crime rates in Mexico. The
study found remittances to be associated with a decrease in homicide rates.... Read more |
A World Bank report recently published with the support of the World Bank Development Research Group, the Better Than Cash Alliance, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation investigates how digital payments can reduce cost and.... Read more |
The Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2014 is fast approaching. Here you will find additional news about the Summit and financial education topics that will be central to this year’s discussion.... Read more |
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