Innovation
Discover creative solutions and cutting-edge technologies that are reshaping the future of inclusive finance.
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’s Group Choice Loan reimagines group and individual lending by putting customer data at the heart of its development strategy.
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 Uganda’s new champion for change will share her financial success story as she travels the country to inspire Uganda’s women.
