Client Stories

CARD-RBI is helping empower women and rural communities with financial services such as payments, savings, credit, and insurance. Through “branch-lite” units and agent services, CARD-RBI's goal is to provide access to comprehensive digital banking services for the poor, especially in remote areas. Read more

UNSGSA Queen Máxima is pictured meeting a smallholder farmer during a field visit in the Aburrá Valley of Antioquia to learn more about a fintech supporting climate smart agriculture on 26 February 2024. Photo: Patrick van Katwijk Nestled in the Aburrá Valley… Read more

In Medellín, a fusion of technology and ambition is blossoming between Avista, a trailblazing fintech startup, and customers like Maria Victoria Fonnegra, a pensioner-turned-entrepreneur. Together, they spoke with UNSGSA Queen Máxima about how they are reshaping Colombia's “silver economy” (people… Read more

The Cooperativa Financiera de Antioquia (CFA) is helping empower rural Colombian communities by offering crucial services like financial education, business development, and cooperative training in 37 municipalities. The impact of CFA's work was highlighted during Queen Máxima's visit on 26… Read more

UNSGSA Queen Máxima hears how ZamZam Medical Services' partnership with PharmAccess’s Medical Credit Fund (MCF) provided vital support for entrepreneurs like clinic owner Esther Muthoni Karaya with an innovative digital loan product during a field visit to… Read more

In Kenya, Pula is pioneering agricultural transformation through strategic collaboration with banks and farming suppliers. This insure-tech company is at the forefront of illuminating innovative solutions for smallholder farmers, offering digital insurance options that shield them from the… Read more

With digital financial services, ag-tech company Hello Tractor is helping smallholder farmers access and afford industrial farming equipment, drastically increasing agricultural productivity while reducing costs. Read more

The dream of car ownership is often out of reach for many low-income individuals and other traditionally underserved groups in Brazil. Hurdles such as lack of minimum credit scores, proof of income, and high interest fees can restrict access to financial tools like automobile loans. Kovi, an auto… Read more

MSMEs have long been underserved by Brazil’s traditional banks, which charge high rates of interest and require a complicated credit application process. Without the financial tools to manage their expenses, grow their business, and weather financial shocks, these economic engines of Brazil are… Read more

Unable to obtain a loan for her business from a traditional bank due to insufficient credit history, Loubna Laqioud received her first loan from microfinance institution Arrawaj Foundation in 2013. She has received loans to purchase equipment and ingredients, as well as invest in marketing efforts… Read more

Payment services will act as a digital onramp to the estimated 200,000 small merchants in Morocco. This is important in a county where cash remains king. Read more

Smallholder farming in Tanzania has long been a risky enterprise. The hardworking farmers who raise many of the essential crops that feed their country and the world have traditionally run their enterprises on a shoestring budget, with limited capital for buying seeds and supplies, and little or no… Read more