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Are formal financial services really delivering value to low-income Kenyans?

Insights into the social value Kenyans seek from their financial services

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/  

A deep look at Kenya’s journey in digitising P2G payments as shaped by mobile money.

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 […]

The 3rd FSD Kenya annual public lecture on financial inclusion (2017)

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 […]

A study on transparency and cost of leading banking services sold in Kenya

Why FSAs matter to low-income communities and how they fit a niche not covered by formal providers