Videos

April 2018
VIDEO – Through Kenyan eyes: perspectives on the value of financial services
Are formal financial services really delivering value to low-income Kenyans?
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October 2017
Finance and living well
Insights into the social value Kenyans seek from their financial services
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Financial service providers Government and Regulators Publications Value of financeTags
Access creating value Credit Digital payments finance and living well Financial Diaries Financial services financial solutions Informal sector Poverty Risk Rural livelihoods Savings social value Usage value
November 2017
Fin::trends
This interactive data visualization tool enables comparisons of financial service usage indicators over time for various sub-groups of Kenya’s population. The tool can also be accessed here: https://fsdkenya.shinyapps.io/fintrends/
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September 2017
Person-to-government (P2G) payment digitisation: Lessons from Kenya
A deep look at Kenya’s journey in digitising P2G payments as shaped by mobile money.
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October 2014
An ethnographic study of local institutionalisation of savings groups in Malanga, Coast region
This brief presents findings from ethnographic research in a rural area of Malindi District in Kenya’s Coast region. The study explored the local institutionalisation of savings groups implemented by Catholic Relief Services as part of their Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) programme. The study was commissioned by the Financial Sector Deepening Trust Kenya and […]
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Publications Savings groupsTags
ASCAS coast Money management Poverty Risk ROSCAS Savings Savings groups Usage
September 2017
WATCH: The 3rd FSD Kenya annual lecture
The 3rd FSD Kenya annual public lecture on financial inclusion (2017)
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Annual lectures Events Financial landscape Financial service providers Government and Regulators Non-Profit and Industry Associations Research and Consulting InstitutionsTags
Access Agent banking Credit Credit information sharing Data Digital payments FinAccess Financial Diaries Financial services Household survey M-PESA Mobile money Money management Rural livelihoods Savings groups Usage
August 2017
The price of being banked
A study on transparency and cost of leading banking services sold in Kenya Kenya has experienced tremendous improvements in access to financial services over the last few years. However, little is known about the trends in affordability of financial services, especially for low-income earners. FSD Kenya’s two-year study on the affordability of financial services and […]
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August 2017
The price of being banked
A study on transparency and cost of leading banking services sold in Kenya
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January 2017

July 2017
The impact of financial services associations
Why FSAs matter to low-income communities and how they fit a niche not covered by formal providers