Financial inclusion is crucial for promoting social and economic mobility, particularly for women who have historically faced discrimination and deprivation. Access to affordable financial services covering transactions, savings, credit, and insurance empowers women to control their income, enhance decision-making, and access previously unavailable economic opportunities. In the last decade, leveraging technology fintech startups in India… Continue reading Designing a shared purpose evaluation framework to enhance financial inclusion and agency of women

  For decades, micro-businesses have dominated India’s business landscape, resulting in fragmented distribution networks, localized supply chains, and the absence of organic growth or scalability. Women own 20 percent of approx. 63 million micro and small businesses in the country, largely operating within the lower spectrum of enterprise sizes with annual turnovers ranging from INR 1… Continue reading What fintechs can do to enable credit access for women micro-entrepreneurs