At a minimum, federal lawmakers should fully fund the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and support the CDFIs that provide economic opportunity where it is needed most.
Kosta Peric, deputy director of digital payments and financial services for the poor at the Gates Foundation, discusses his efforts to expand access to low-cost financial services in developing countries.
We asked microfinance organizations around the country about the challenges they face, what they wish banks would do differently, and even what they are reading. Here are some of their responses.
The marketplace for services to help struggling families balance their short-term and long-term financial needs is improving, but is still insufficient.
Income volatility is a persistent problem for millions of U.S. households. Banks and fintech companies are trying to help consumers cope — but the industry can do more.
Banks can make a difference by helping to alleviate customers’ individual financial stress, the cancerlike scourge behind thousands of suicides. But this requires a certain mindset about the industry’s mission.
Google Play and CSFI aim to improve use of financial health apps through a storefront organized by consumers' needs and by publishing a guide for app developers.
