February 24, 2021 There and Back Again: A Nigerien Remittance Tale While showing signs of maturity, consolidation in the remittance industry has only just begun, and there remain enormous
January 27, 2021 Minding the DFS Gender Gap: Battling Social Norms to Level the Playing Field Last week, Mondato hosted a webinar focused on the digital financial services (DFS) gender gap, as part of
June 10, 2020 Women In Charge: A FinTech Business Case Is the role of women in the workplace a question of corporate social responsibility, or also one of
May 06, 2020 The Youth In Emerging Markets: A Segment At Risk As international agencies and governments respond to the health and economic shocks of COVID-19 crisis, special consideration should
March 10, 2020 Why Western Union Is Still King Of Remittances P2P cross-border transfers - known as remittances - have long occupied a critically important role in the modern
January 14, 2020 Mini-Grids: Powerful Partners For Financial Inclusion With new year fanfare subsiding, the long march towards achieving the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals has
November 12, 2019 The Inclusion Illusion: Financial Health in Kenya For some, fintech’s association with financial inclusion and better financial health for users is a foregone conclusion.
October 23, 2019 Is Mobile Money Helping or Harming Zimbabwe? Zimbabwe’s economy is going through another nose-dive. The Mnangagwa administration, faced with re-instilling trust in the economy
September 03, 2019 Public Banking: Time To Make Room? Agnostic of industry, the private sector is often esteemed over the public sector for its better performance in
August 27, 2019 Payments Banks: Nigeria Takes A Page From India Since it was rebased in 2014, Nigeria’s economy overtook South Africa’s as the largest in Africa.
August 06, 2019 Mojaloop: Taking Stock For some time now, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has preoccupied itself with fragmented payment ecosystems. This
July 16, 2019 Is Libra A Global Answer To Financial Inclusion? In case you missed it, Facebook is developing a cryptocurrency; it’s called “Libra”. The coin’s official
July 02, 2019 Climate Change: Macro And Micro Resilience The concept of ‘resilience’ has been applied to everything from political discourse to corporate-speak, psychological wellness to development
June 04, 2019 The Last Mile: Mobile Money Agents Mobile money agents - frequently described as the “bridges” to financial inclusion - constitute the last-mile distribution network
May 07, 2019 Financial Inclusion: Chutes And Ladders? Financial inclusion at the base of the economic pyramid has often been conceptualized as a sort of ladder
April 30, 2019 Proof Of Address: The Invasive Species Of KYC Today, proof of address is a requirement for accessing formal financial institutions in most places. For customers in
March 05, 2019 Inclusive Fintech: Series A And Beyond A new class of impact investment has now materialized that specifically focuses on fintech’s potential to widen
February 26, 2019 Digital Loans: A Wild Wild West? When a disruptive new technology enters the market, it’s predictable what comes next: chaos. Without prior regulations
February 05, 2019 Can Insurtech Learn Best Practices For Selling To The BOP? One year ago, Mondato Insight examined the factors behind low-take up of insurance products for low income customers,
December 03, 2018 Fearless Fintech: Chipping Away At The Gender Gap “Usually at a financial conference, the line for the women’s room is the shorter one.” - Overheard
November 13, 2018 Beyond The Binaries: Mobile Money Access Revisited Earlier this year, Mondato explored the insights emerging from the Global Findex data-set on financial inclusion, highlighting the
August 28, 2018 Digital Credit Is Easy, But Is It Too Easy? Access to credit is a key element of financial inclusion, and over the past five years has become
June 26, 2018 MENA: A Digital Finance Desert Or Oasis? There tends to be a great deal of reductionism when conversation turns to the Middle East and North
May 08, 2018 Global Findex 2017: West Africa Steps Into The Spotlight When the World Bank's 2014 Global Findex numbers were published, the banner headline figures announced a 700 million