EmpoweringPoorPeoplethroughDigitalFinancialServices

2023-09-14 Empowering People through Digital Financial Services

SDC’s Economy Network in partnership with CGAP and the Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) hosted this year's Savings & Credit Forum on "Empowering people through digital financial services". It focused on empowering poor people through responsible and sustainable Digital Financial Services. The Forum highlighted innovative opportunities, the challenges and emerging solutions for delivering digital financial services responsibly and addressed the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’.

You can watch the entire event or use the time codes below to jump to the parts that most attract you. At the same time you can dive further into the topic by exploring the list of references that gathers a wealth of information and entry points to the topic (under key documents), you might also want to look at SDC's new Guidance Sheet on Digital Financial Services (2023).

Watch the entire Forum (2h:20) or jump to the highlights with these timecodes: Sophie Sirtaine - Financial Inclusion 2.0 (17:00), Panel 1 "The Digital Evolution of Financial Services and its Impact on Financial Inclusion" with Ignacio (36:30), reflections on Panel 1 with Vatsala (1:16), Panel 2 "Building Responsible Digital Finance Ecosystems" with Juan Carlos (1:25), reflections on Panel 2 by Vatsala (2:10)

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The SDC guidance for Financial Sector Development provides the ration...

The SDC guidance for Financial Sector Development provides the rationale and strategic orientation of SDC’s approach to FSD.

It offers guidance to SDC’ s programme staff and decision-makers in the cooperation offices and at the head office, executing Swiss, international and national agencies, and to consultants so as to ensure coherent and effective FSD projects.

Interested to see the presentation of the launch event of the FSD guidance? >> here

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This guidance sheet is part of a series of tools developed to support...

This guidance sheet is part of a series of tools developed to support SDC staff and partners in designing and implementing projects aiming at financial inclusion.

This specific guidance sheet introduces the concept and key aspects of digital financial services. It provides guidance on how to design, prepare, implement, and monitor SDC projects effectively.

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