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Banking Through Networks of Retail Agents
Access to financial services—whether in the form of savings, payments, credit, or insurance—is a fundamental tool for managing a family’s well-being and productive capacity.Publication
Linking Financial Service Providers to Commercial Capital:
This Brief addresses guarantees used by microfinance institutions as funding instruments.Publication
Extending Financial Services with Banking Agents
This Brief provides a quick look at the growing use of banking agents to extend financial services to low-income and poor people.Publication
The Early Experience with Branchless Banking
Branchless banking has great potential to extend the distribution of financial services to poor people who are not reached by traditional bank branch networks; it lowers the cost of delivery, including costs both to banks of building and maintaining a delivery channel and to customers of accessing services (e.g., travel or queuing times).Publication
Are We Overestimating Demand for Microloans?
This Brief discusses the various issues that should be considered when estimating demand for microloans. Although numerous attempts have been made to answer this question, it is difficult to come up with a reliable answer.Publication
Being Able to Make (Small) Deposits and Payments, Anywhere
In this paper we put forth a vision in which people are able to make small deposits into their bank account through a variety of cash handling outlets right in their neighborhood.Publication
Microinsurance: What Can Donors Do?
Microinsurance is growing increasingly popular among donors as a way to help poor people manage risks and reduce their vulnerability. This Brief addresses how donors can support microinsurance efforts.Publication
Appraisal Guide for Microfinance Institutions
This publication includes a technical guide with essentials for an appraisal; a resource manual; and a spreadsheet to generate summary tables.Publication
Making Money Transfers Work for Microfinance Institutions
This Technical Guide helps financial service providers determine whether they should offer money transfer services.Publication