Lead Stories
 Revving up the Growth Engine through Financial Inclusion
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty’s address highlights the second wave of initiatives needed for rapid progress of financial inclusion, provides insights on critical challenges in India and stresses the need for the collective will of all stakeholders to overcome these challenges together.
A new wave of E-Money in Latin America
Xavier Faz, Regional Manager for Latin America, CGAP, focuses on the changing environment in Latin America where the bank-led model is paramount, yet non-banks are increasingly being allowed to issue e-money. The article notes that amongst the non-banks, third party aggregators and agent network managers have taken the lead in these markets.
A History Lesson for Advancing Interoperability in Mobile Money
The CGAP blog summarizes a paper by Carol Coye Benson and Scott Loftesness that uses historical experiences to bring out relevant insights for branchless banking in emerging economies. The paper notes that interoperability amongst multi-party systems does not happen on its own and the regulator and government play critical roles in enabling it.
Section I: Policy – the latest from India’s policymakers
Challenges and Concerns of the Central Bank: Opportunities and Role for the Commercial Banks
Shri. Harun R Khan, Deputy Governor, RBI, June 10, 2013
Financial Inclusion Villages
Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi
Section II: News and Views Digest – the latest from India and abroad
India
On D-Day, microfinance firms, NBFCs jostle for bank licences
Let’s bank on this duo
India needs innovative banking to displace moneylenders
Waiting for the banker
Aadhaar set to 'change the game' in financial inclusion
Don’t miss out on this target
Aadhaar opens up new revenue streams for domestic IT firms
Swimming towards financial inclusion
Reliance Mutual Fund opens door to small investors without PAN
Department of Posts to move cabinet note to apply for bank licence
Financial inclusion has many rocky miles to go
International
Financial Inclusion
Strengthening financial integrity through financial inclusion
Can Islamic Banking Offer Some Lessons to Islamic Microfinance?
Why is the Progress of Mobile Money so Gradual and Patchy?
CBN to incorporate lessons learned into various regulation frameworks
Importance of Maya Declaration on display at G20 Conference in Russia
Comparing Branchless Banking in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Rethinking Microfinance, This Time with Rules
Expansion of mobile banking service - Bangladesh
Section III: Research – surveys and studies on expanding access to financial services
Where Do Impact Investing and Microfinance Meet?
Mayada El-Zoghbi and Henry Gonzalez, CGAP Brief Note, June 2013
CRISIL Inclusix: An index to measure India’s progress on Financial Inclusion
CRISIL, June 19, 2013
Process Mapping and Risk Analysis
MicroSave, June 17, 2013
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Research
Mobile Money Services: Enabling Inclusion
Policy Brief May, 2013
Evolving Regulatory Trends with Non-bank Entities
Policy Brief April, 2013
In the media
Banks need to follow a 'listen to the customer' model
The Financial Express, June 4, 2013
SV Divvaakar: Mobile phone-banking is failing to meet its potential
The Financial Express, March 7, 2013
Blog
Mapping financially included pockets in India
Agents are Key to Financial Inclusion
Account in the Cloud: Guest Post by Probir Roy
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