At this year’s 2025 Financial Inclusion Week, FINCA Vice President and Chief Product Officer Seth Spiro joined several leaders in the inclusive finance space to ask a deceptively simple question: What does it take to design productive credit products that deliver, especially in a world defined by volatility?

FINCA is proud to be named the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs in the Europe region at the 2025 Global SME Finance Forum. This recognition celebrates our work in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan— and affirms our enduring commitment to empowering women entrepreneurs across Eurasia and the world. Since our founding in 1984, FINCA has placed women at the center of our mission to end poverty through financial inclusion. Our first group loans helped women invest in their livelihoods and support their families. Today, our approach is considerably more sophisticated and comprehensive, combining tailored financial products, holistic training, inclusive ...

FINCA and the Gates Foundation explore strategies for creating relevant products that enable women entrepreneurs to grow and thrive.

FINCA and Government of Canada team up to empower marginalized youth, especially women.

FINCA’s Group Choice Loan reimagines group and individual lending by putting customer data at the heart of its development strategy.

FINCA Armenia and FINCA Tajikistan have achieved the highest level of Client Protection Certification granted by global rating agency MFR, based on guidelines provided by Cerise+SPTF.

Discussing the next frontier of nonprofit innovation — an interview with Scott Graham and Sri Elaprolu about leveraging AI for impact.

FINCA Malawi’s Clean Cooking Initiative helps low-income customers replace traditional cooking methods that can be unhealthy, unsafe and bad for the environment.

In collaboration with AWS, FINCA is harnessing AI to conduct evidence-based customer research and creating new ways for nonprofits to address the world’s most pressing challenges.

The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda has granted FINCA Uganda a Bancassurance license, marking a milestone in FINCA Uganda’s work to help small entrepreneurs build resilience.

FINCA Global CEO Andrée Simon highlights the urgent need for women’s financial inclusion to drive global economic growth as we head into the 2024 World Bank Annual Meetings.

FINCA Uganda’s new champion for change will share her financial success story as she travels the country to inspire Uganda’s women.

With FINCA's support, a determined entrepreneur Shukuru Sadiki recovers from devastating flooding in Kalemie.

A recent FINCA study suggests that banking agents promote financial inclusion and financial health by offering services in a familiar setting.

FINCA helps Resourceful farmers in Tajikistan maximize their earning potential.

Supported by the Hilton Foundation, FINCA’s early childhood development program that works with refugee communities in Uganda is improving children’s chance for success today and in the future.

FINCA invests in financial education that empowers our customers to use their funds wisely, and supports our customers in providing an education for their own children.

FINCA Impact Finance announced the appointment of Jeff Flowers as its next Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2024.

In a Q-and-A session with FNCA Global CEO Andrée Simon, incoming FIF CEO Jeff Flowers shares his philosophy toward financial inclusion and his plans for his first weeks and months on the job.

FINCA DRC Hits the Home Stretch of the Financial Inclusion Project This article first appeared on FINCA Canada’s website. Over the last six years, the Financial Inclusion Project has promoted economic