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Cultivating Financially Fearless Women: Lessons from Our Pilot in India with LXME
By Pallavi Madhok, VP, Advisory Services, South Asia, Women’s World Banking and Priti Rathi Gupta, Founder, LXME Digital financial services (DFS) have unlocked exciting pathways to inclusion for historically excluded populations, especially women. However, despite mobile internet access and digital platforms expanding rapidly, true engagement with DFS among women, particularly
eRupee Could Enhance Digital Payment Adoption in India, Deepening Women’s Financial Inclusion
Pallavi Madhok, VP, Advisory Services – South Asia, Women’s World Banking, and Gabriel Bizama, Researcher, University of Bern India’s digital payments landscape has revolutionized how the country transacts. Its Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched in 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), under the aegis of the Reserve
Prepaid Wallets Unlock Digital Finance for Cautious Women Savers
By Pallavi Madhok, VP, Advisory Services, South Asia, Women’s World Banking and Dilip Modi, Chairman, Spice Connect Women’s digital financial journeys are starkly different than those of men; their learning curve is steeper, and confidence-building takes time and consistency. In our “UPI for Her” project with the National Payments Corporation
Strengthening Women’s Role in Africa’s Economy: AGF and WWB Seal Strategic Partnership Agreement
2 October 2025, Nairobi: African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and Women’s World Banking (WWB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen support for women entrepreneurs across Africa. This partnership underscores both organizations’ commitment to advancing women’s economic empowerment through increased access to finance, technical support, and advocacy initiatives. AGF,
Unlocking the Business Case for Health Insurance for Low-income Women Savers: Insights from Uganda and Senegal
For the past 15 years, Women’s World Banking (WWB) has partnered with financial services providers (FSPs) to design health insurance solutions tailored to the needs of low-income women. Historically, WWB has focused on developing insurance solutions for loan customers. The credit-bundled models have proven effective and meaningful, with more than
The MFWW Podcast Ep. 27: Money in Motion: The Future of Financial Systems
What does the rise of instant payments, CBDCs, and buy-now-pay-later innovations mean for global financial systems—and for the women too often left at the edges of them? In this episode of Making Finance Work for Women, we speak with David Marsh, Chairman and Co-Founder of OMFIF, whose upcoming book Can
From Insight to Impact: Tools and Resources from the 2025 Financial Inclusion Forum
What does it take to build a financial system that truly includes—and sustains—women’s participation? At the Financial Inclusion Forum 2025, we are exploring three critical pillars—universal identification, inclusive payments, and consumer protection. Each stage reflects both the opportunities and the barriers she faces as she moves from first access to
Women’s World Banking Convenes Stakeholders Workshop to Advance Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria – 21 August 2025 – Women’s World Banking (WWB), in partnership with the Presidential Committee on Economic and Financial Inclusion (PreCEFI), convened a high-level Stakeholders’ Workshop on Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion (WDFI). The convening directly supports Nigeria’s aspiration to build a Trillion-Dollar Economy by unlocking women’s full economic
The MFWW Podcast Ep. 26: Tokens, Tech & Trust: What Crypto Means for Inclusive Finance
Crypto is redefining value. But what does this mean for people too often left behind by traditional finance—especially women? In this episode of Making Finance Work for Women, we sit down with Rebecca Carvatt, Partner at EY Financial Services Consulting. With nearly two decades of experience scaling digital banks and
The MFWW Podcast Ep. 25: Inside the Numbers: What the Global Findex Means for Women
The 2025 Global Findex is here—and it’s making headlines. In this special episode, Women’s World Banking President & CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian joins Leora Klapper, Lead Economist at the World Bank and architect of the Findex, for an exclusive first look at what the data reveals about women’s financial inclusion
