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Is Digital Finance the Answer to Giving Women-Owned MSMEs Access to Credit?
Read our latest blog.
We held our fireside chat, Gender and tech: The Necessary Frontier on 29 March. Watch the video recording of the event.
Women in many countries face difficulty accessing finance because of traditional credit scoring models. This blog explains how gender-responsive credit scoring model that considers women-specific data for the algorithms helps financial inclusion. Click here to read more.
ADB recently subscribed to the first certified gender bond issuance in Georgia. We hosted a webinar on 15 March highlighting the lessons learned from this first issuance of gender bond in Georgia by JSC Crystal MFO. Watch our webinar recording.
Social Media Corner
Women have less access to digital technology than men and the financial cost weighs heavily on individuals and society.
At the #ADBAnnualMeeting, Chief of Gender Equality Samantha Hung speaks to us about the importance of making digital technology work for all.
In Focus
WHAT WE DO
Innovation and
Technology
We support FIs in the identification and selection of cutting-edge technologies to facilitate gender-responsive and sustainable financing.
Funding Opportunities
We explore funding and co-financing opportunities to support FIs in boosting lending to women and women's businesses.
Sustainable Finance
We encourage sustainable finance in our partner FI's lending and investments.
WHO WE ARE
Women’s Finance Exchange (WFX) is an ADB initiative to support financial institutions (FIs) and their women borrowers through innovative solutions. Women-owned businesses all over the world face significant challenges when seeking financial services. Estimates show that almost 70% of women-owned small and medium enterprises in the formal sector in developing countries are unserved or underserved and have financing gap of 1.7 trillion. WFX aims to reduce the gender gap in financial inclusion in Asia and the Pacific to ensure women have equal opportunities to to access and benefit from financial services.
Need more details?
We are here to assist. Contact us by email at womenfinx@adb.org or through the contact form.
We are open from 8:00AM - 5:00PM Philippine Standard Time (UTC +8).