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.

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.

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

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.

To promote financial inclusion and improve economic opportunities for unbanked women, FINCA held a training on financial literacy in Zambia for women’s saving groups — right in the community where most of the women live and work.