Research & Perspectives
What does the Global Findex have in common with the Olympics?
Initial thoughts on what the data from the just-released Global Findex means for women’s financial inclusion around the world.
April 23, 2018
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Leadership & Diversity
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Private Sector Leadership in Financial Inclusion
The article, “What Happens When a Bank Bets on Women” from Chief Knowledge and Communications Officer Karen Miller appears in this publication.
October 28, 2015
WWB News
Economic Times | Credit Suisse joins hands with Women’s World Banking to promote leadership diversity
Women’s World Banking’s Leadership and Diversity for Innovation Program, supported by Credit Suisse, was highlighted in the Economic Times.
September 22, 2015
Research & Perspectives
Money talks… But does it know how to talk to women?
Thoughts on recent attempts by US financial advisors to tailor messaging so they better appeal to women–something Women’s World Banking has known for years.
July 20, 2015
Products & Solutions
Deseret News National | Millions now have bank accounts thanks to the Internet, says World Bank
Women’s World Banking and Visa created a program there called “BETA friends” that helped women set up mobile savings accounts that required no minimum deposit, no monthly fees and awarded weekly cash prizes to promote the program and sent weekly text messages reminding clients to save on schedule.
June 5, 2015
Research & Perspectives
Our foundation for better serving low-income women: Research
Research Specialist Jaclyn Berfond blogs about Women’s World Banking’s new research agenda, going beyond product studies to exploring new markets, segments and services.
April 20, 2015
WWB News
Kashf Foundation first and only Pakistani financial institution to receive Smart Certification
Kashf Foundation has been awarded with client protection certification by Smart Campaign for meeting excellent standards of customer care which are globally recognized.
March 26, 2015
WWB News
Publico Portugal | “As atitudes em relação às mulheres e finanças são muito difíceis e lentas de mudar”
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, current president of Women’s World Banking, was in London at the conference Trust Women, organized in November by Thomson Reuters, speaking on women and finance, showing how they are excluded from this sector virtually worldwide.
December 2, 2014
WWB News
News24 (Kenya)| Only 20% of women in Africa have bank accounts
Speaking during the Africa Advisory Council press briefing at a Nairobi hotel, Iskenderian noted that only 20 percent of women in Africa have bank accounts and this continues to hinder their progress.
November 24, 2014
Research & Perspectives
Women need to hold a “phoneful of dollars” too
Women’s World Banking CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian weighs in on The Economist’s Nov 14 feature on financial inclusion to ask, “what about women?”
November 18, 2014
WWB News
New BSR, Women’s World Banking Partnership to Improve Financial Access for Working Poor
A partnership between Women’s World Banking and BSR’s HERfinance program will increase workers’ financial skills and awareness and create new financial products and services tailored to the working poor.
October 6, 2014
WWB News
KWFT Celebrates 32 years of Banking on Women
KWFT Celebrates 32 Years of Banking on Women
March 25, 2014
WWB News
KWFT Group CEO Makes List of Ernst Young Awards
The Chair of Kenya Women’s Finance Trust (KWFT) and Women’s World Banking Board Chair, Dr. Jennifer Riria was nominated in the Masters category for the Ernst and Young Awards.
March 25, 2014
Research & Perspectives
Devex impact full interview on investing in girls’ education with Mary Ellen Iskenderian
Dexex Impact interviewed Women’s World Banking President and CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian as part of their #SheBuilds campaign.
March 17, 2014
WWB News
MIT Management Review highlights Women’s World Banking’s knowledge network
Leslie Brokaw blogs about the features critical to making Women’s World Banking’s knowledge community for our leadership alumni a success
January 19, 2014
Products & Solutions
The Guardian | Our work in Nigeria with Visa
Women’s World Banking’s work in Nigeria promoting financial inclusion for low-income women was featured in a recent article.
January 8, 2014
WWB News
Petra News Agency | Queen attends conference on women-focused finance
Women’s World Banking conference Building Women-Focused Finance: The Global Experience was held under the patronage Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah. Queen Rania attended the session entitled “What do women-focused products and services look like?” moderated by President and CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian.
November 26, 2013
Research & Perspectives
Al Bawaba | It’s time to give the MENA’s youth enough credit
Social inequality and an unequal playing field can translate into a generation’s worth of lost dreams, and sometimes a lack of finances is the only thing standing between the youth and their dreams.
November 26, 2013
WWB News
Mary Ellen Iskenderian to accompany DFID Secretary in Tanzania
Britain will forge a new partnership between east Africa, leading businesses and the London Stock Exchange Group to boost development in the region, Justine Greening announced as she headed DFID’s first business delegation.
November 5, 2013
WWB News
Women’s World Banking board member secures Twitter IPO lead
Women’s World Banking board member Anthony Noto was featured in the New York Times for securing the ” the most coveted tech banking assignment this year:” “leading the initial public offering of Twitter.”
October 3, 2013
Women should not have to choose lower-paying jobs
Whether in a developed country such as the United States or in the low-income neighborhoods of Colombia, women are constantly making income decisions based on a social and cultural default that they are responsible for children and the household.
September 12, 2013
Research & Perspectives
About Microfinance interviews Mary Ellen Iskenderian
boutMicrofinance, an aggregator and disseminator of current and authoritative information and resources on all aspects of the microfinance industry, featured an interview with Women’s World Banking President and CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian in their Fall Newsletter.
September 10, 2013
Our annual report is featured on CSR International 2.0
We are pleased to share that our 2012 Annual Report was featured on the non-profit information website, CSR International.
August 15, 2013
Research & Perspectives
Women in microfinance and employment mobility: is it always a good thing?
Marketplace Morning Report ran a story this morning (“Women stay in jobs longer than they should”) on women’s tenure in companies and the potential negative effect it can have on their career and salary growth. Is the answer to inspire women to be as mobile as their male counterparts? Not always.
July 17, 2013
WWB News
MFIN elects Ujjivan’s Samit Ghosh as president
Congratulations to SWWB Board Member Samit Ghosh for being elected as the new president of the Microfinance Institutions Network!
July 3, 2013
WWB News
Mary Ellen Iskenderian meets with AusAID Director General
The head of Women’s World Banking, Mary Ellen Iskenderian, visited Australia this week to meet with staff, including AusAID’s Director General, Peter Baxter.
July 2, 2013
