financial inclusion

Bancassurance can change how we do insurance

The system of selling insurance services to bank customers will ultimately expand financial inclusion.

Digital banks should aim to speed up financial inclusion

The key objective of digital banks should be to expand financial inclusion in the country rather than registering profit, according to industry experts.

Reaching financial inclusion goal to take 200 years at current pace

Reaching the financial inclusion goal would take 200 years for Bangladesh if the country keeps working at the current pace in the area, said Shah Md Ahsan Habib, a professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), today. 

The treacherous banking journey of women entrepreneurs

Women's access to finance remains difficult and often riddled with pitfalls. 

Why we should rethink financial inclusion

The good news is that mobile phones and alternate banking channels such as agent banking are bringing millions of individuals into the formal financial system, meaning they have bank accounts or mobile money account for the first time. This is important because financial inclusion is crucial in helping people save money for emergencies, get loans to start businesses, and ultimately resulting in an improvement in their overall wellbeing.

MACRO MIRROR / Technology for financial inclusion

The success of branchless banking services, like mobile financial services in Bangladesh, helps us to dream of full financial inclusion in future. This is not only because of higher demands by a large population, but also due to the need to have more diversified products of financial services.

January 2, 2024
January 2, 2024

Bancassurance can change how we do insurance

The system of selling insurance services to bank customers will ultimately expand financial inclusion.

August 27, 2023
August 27, 2023

Digital banks should aim to speed up financial inclusion

The key objective of digital banks should be to expand financial inclusion in the country rather than registering profit, according to industry experts.

January 21, 2023
January 21, 2023

Reaching financial inclusion goal to take 200 years at current pace

Reaching the financial inclusion goal would take 200 years for Bangladesh if the country keeps working at the current pace in the area, said Shah Md Ahsan Habib, a professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), today. 

December 13, 2022
December 13, 2022

The treacherous banking journey of women entrepreneurs

Women's access to finance remains difficult and often riddled with pitfalls. 

April 30, 2018
April 30, 2018

Why we should rethink financial inclusion

The good news is that mobile phones and alternate banking channels such as agent banking are bringing millions of individuals into the formal financial system, meaning they have bank accounts or mobile money account for the first time. This is important because financial inclusion is crucial in helping people save money for emergencies, get loans to start businesses, and ultimately resulting in an improvement in their overall wellbeing.

June 22, 2015
June 22, 2015

Technology for financial inclusion

The success of branchless banking services, like mobile financial services in Bangladesh, helps us to dream of full financial inclusion in future. This is not only because of higher demands by a large population, but also due to the need to have more diversified products of financial services.

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