Bulletin Highlight: Adapt or Perish! MFIs in the Age of Digital Finance

Microfinance Gateway Bulletin - 14 Dec 2016

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Your global resource on financial inclusion | 14 Dec 2016     Français   Español   العربية FEATURED CONTENT Adapt or Perish! MFIs in the Age of Digital Finance  Keeping pace with a fast-changing world "Adapt or perish," was the resounding message for MFIs at the closing plenary of the 2016 European Microfinance Week. The debate underlined the need for microfinance institutions to adapt to the rapidly changing landscape of digital financial inclusion or risk becoming irrelevant. View All Gateway Highlights > LATEST FROM THE LIBRARY   Taking Stock: Recent Trends in International Funding for Financial Inclusion Findings from CGAP's annual Cross-Border Funder Survey CGAP, Dec 2016 Micro and SME Finance Market Outlook 2017 Summary of market trends and expected industry developments for 2017 responsAbility Investments for Prosperity, Nov 2016 Water and Sanitation Microfinance Operations in India: An Assessment of Challenges and Determinants of Success Lessons learned and key insights from Water.org's WaterCredit program in India Water.org, Oct 2016 View all Library resources > RECENTLY ADDED JOBS Investment Analyst - Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus Symbiotics SA Geneva, Switzerland   Senior Investment Manager - Latin America BlueOrchard Lima, Peru Investors Relationship Manager Cordaid The Hague, Netherlands View all Jobs & Internships > UPCOMING TRAINING & EVENTS   IAIS - A2ii - CIMA Mobile Insurance Conference Access to Insurance Initiative 23 Feb 2017 - 24 Feb 2017 | Douala, Cameroon Certified Expert in Islamic Microfinance Frankfurt School of Finance & Management 01 Mar 2017 - 31 Aug 2017 | Online 13th Annual Global Microfinance Forum Uniglobal 16 Mar 2017 - 17 Mar 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic View all Training & Events > EDITOR'S PICK The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money M-PESA's role in the economic lives of Kenyans Access to the Kenyan mobile money system M-PESA increased per capita consumption levels and lifted 194,000 households, or 2% of Kenyan households, out of poverty. The impacts, which are more pronounced for female-headed households, appear to be driven by changes in financial behavior-in particular, increased financial resilience and saving-and labor market outcomes, such as occupational choice, especially for women, who moved out of agriculture and into business.   Read more > ANNOUNCEMENTS Millions of Europeans Lack Access to the Global Economy, but the Road to Inclusion is a Digital One MasterCard | 13 Dec 2016 Equator Capital Partners Congratulates Microplan on Attaining an International Microfinance Institutional Rating Equator Capital Partners | 12 Dec 2016 ICD Signs MoU with AlHuda CIBE for the Development of Islamic Microfinance Industry AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Economics l 09 Dec 2016 View all Announcements >    Library    Jobs   Training & Events     Announcements   Countries    Topics   Contact

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