The 2015 CGAP Photo Contest is open for entries!

Now in its 10th year, the annual CGAP Photo Contest aims to demonstrate the ways financial inclusion can help poor people transition out of poverty and lead more financially secure lives.

Enter today: photocontest.cgap.org

Early insights are emerging from our work with smallholder households. Join our live web chat on May 5 to discuss the progress of CGAP's Financial Diaries of Smallholder Households project.

cgap.org/smallholderschat

#financialinclusion   #smallholders  

We hope to see you tomorrow for the Universal Financial Access 2020 event at the +World Bank. Follow the event with #FinAccess2020 or join the livestream.

A new Focus Note from CGAP provides early insights into the Smallholder Households Financial Diaries project and highlights how smallholders weave together agricultural and nonagricultural sources of income to meet their needs.

Read more: http://goo.gl/6WNnyi

What do #bigdata and digital credit mean for #financialinclusion? Hear CGAP’s latest research about M-Shwari and join other experts at a half-day event on April 3rd.
www.cgap.org/big-data-event

A new Brief from CGAP aims to provide national and global policy makers with a clear picture of the rapid development of digital financial services for the poor and the need for their attention and informed understanding. #financialinclusion   #digitalfinance  

A new study from CGAP identifies 108 cutting edge digital financial services that offer customers functionality extending beyond sending payments, such as savings, loans, insurance, and financial management. The services identified in this study represent the newest emerging models in ‪#‎digitalfinance‬.

http://www.cgap.org/news/new-cgap-research-reports-latest-innovations-digital-finance

Urwego Opportunity Bank, ‪#‎Rwanda‬’s first and largest ‪#‎microfinance‬ bank, is using a human-centered approach to designing financial products that better meet the needs of smallholder farmers.