Events

Making Effective Use of Grants and Technical Assistance to Support Financial Institutions: Lessons for Funders and Implementers

Financial institutions in emerging economies require multi-dimensional support, both through investment capital and non-commercial instruments, such as grants and technical assistance, to innovate and sustainably scale products and services, to reach...

The Future of Work: Remaking Rural Employment after COVID-19

What does the future of work look like after COVID-19, especially in rural areas? Can youth create digitally-enabled agricultural livelihoods, hand in hand with the technology revolution and increasing demand for food, or are all the real...

Strengthening the Collective Voice of Consumers in the Financial Sector

Earlier this year, CGAP partnered with Consumers International, the global membership organization of consumer groups, to explore the current and potential status of consumer organizations in engaging in consumer financial protection. Consumers...

Electric Bankers: Empowering Households Through Utility-Enabled Financing

Access to electricity can be transformational, but only if people also have access to the appliances and technologies needed for its use. In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 1 in 3 households has a television, 1 in 6 has a refrigerator, and 1 in 9 owns a...

Managing Liquidity and Cash-Out for Social Payments During COVID-19

The Better Than Cash Alliance and CGAP are co-hosting a webinar on delivering government-to-person (G2P) payments in a way that expands choice while managing liquidity and cash-out in innovative ways.

Savings at the Frontier Program: A talk with Sukhwinder Arora

In this Evidence and Impact webinar, Sukhwinder Arora discussed his experience as team leader of the Savings at the Frontier program from 2015-2019.

Building Agent Networks at the Last Mile: New Insights for Providers

How can digital financial services providers build viable cash-in/cash-out agent networks in rural areas? Remote areas pose special challenges for providers, as low population densities often mean low transaction volumes and weak incentives for...

Advancing DFS Reforms Through Public-Private Dialogue: Lessons for Funders

Speakers from AFI, GIZ, and DEVCO shared lessons learned from supporting and facilitating public-private dialogue in a variety of markets and contexts.

Drivers and Barriers of Regulatory Change Processes in Digital Finance: Lessons for Funders

Speakers from CGAP, UNCDF, and GSMA highlighted challenges hindering the adoption of the basic regulatory enablers for digital financial services.

The Rise of Pay-as-You-Go Smartphone Finance: A Conversation with PayJoy

On January 15, 2020, as part of CGAP’s global exploration of innovations in asset finance, we hosted a webinar on pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) smartphone financing featuring PayJoy’s Tom Jahnes.