Items tagged ‘banking-access’
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Savings Demand Assessment Blog Series Launch: YouthSave Boosts Youth Financial Participation
Lissa JohnsonA recent report dispels the myth that kids can’t save. In fact, younger youth (those under 13) save more than older youth. Parents also play an imp... -
Treasure at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Ebere AnosikeThis is the second installment of our series, Bringing the Bank to the Unbanked While Making Bank. The first post in the series drew the conclusion... -
Cash Is King, Even When It Phones In
Ebere AnosikeThis is the first installment of our series, Bringing the Bank to the Unbanked While Making Bank. The series explores how some private sector enter... -
“Bringing the Bank to the Unbanked, While Making Bank” Blog Series to Launch This Month
Ebere AnosikeFor the past four years YouthSave has worked with partner financial institutions in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Nepal to extended tailored savings p... -
A Column Focused on Sri Lanka: Economic Inclusion of All Segments of Society for Economic Empowerment
Ebere AnosikeThe Daily Financial Times recently published an article entitled, "Economic Inclusion of All Segments of Society for Economic Empowerment." The imp... -
Mobile Money = Youth Financial Access Leapfrogger?
Jamie ZimmermanLeading up to the release of the New America's latest Global Assets Project report -- Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Pho... -
The Mobile Accelerator Theory of Youth Financial Access: Myth or Miracle?
Jamie ZimmermanLeading up to the release of the New America's latest Global Assets Project report -- Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Pho... -
"Beyond the Buzz" Blog Series to Launch Next Week
Jamie ZimmermanLeading up to the release of the New America's latest Global Assets Project report -- Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Pho... -
Seeing the Opportunity and Business Case for Youth Finance
Nicholas Dear Scott O'BrienThis is the third installment of our series, Policy Innovations in Youth Financial Services. The series has been an online continuation of the glob... -
Perspectives on Youth Financial Services in Egypt
Dr. Ashraf Gamal El-DinThis is the second installment of our series, Policy Innovations in Youth Financial Services. The series has been an online continuation of the glo... -
Launch of the "Policy Innovations in Youth Financial Services" Blog Series
Youthsave ConsortiumAs the number of people between the ages of 10 and 24 climbs to over 1.8 billion individuals globally, ensuring economic inclusion and opportunity ... -
Mobile Phones for Microsavings: Can Mobile-Enabled Savings Products Bridge the Youth Financial Services Gap?
Julia ArnoldThe following article originally appeared on the Center for Financial Inclusion Blog and can be found here. Many of the challenges to saving faced ... -
Young People: Access to Finance Using Branchless Banking
Youthsave ConsortiumThe following article, written by Monique Cohen, originally appeared on the Child & Youth Finance International Blog and can be found here. Within ... -
Taking the Pulse: The Role of Technology in Youth Financial Inclusion
Technology, particularly mobile phones, seems poised to rapidly increase access to financial services in developing countries at a time when youth ... -
Driving Financial Inclusion Through Innovation in Kenya
Rodrigo SermenoThe increasing development of Kenya’s banking sector has allowed many people to have access to savings, especially those without prior access to fi... -
My Account, My Future: Youth Feedback and Other Observations from the Pilot Evaluation in Kenya
Corrinne Ngurukie Vilma IlicAs part of the YouthSave project, PostBank in Kenya recently launched a pilot of a new savings product for young people, called “SMATA,” youth slan... -
Working with Schools to Improve Youth Financial Capability: Tips from the Field
Rani DeshpandeWhen considering how to reach kids with financial capability programming, schools – an aggregation point for hundreds, sometimes thousands of young...