Gone are the days when the only financial education a child would receive was a piggy bank with a coin or two tucked through the slot. Now young people, even street kids, can have access to e-banking thanks to an award-winning social entrepreneur from India.
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Smallholder households, cultivating less than five acres, have financial needs that have been ignored until now, yet without this information, it’s tough for financial service providers to supply smallholders with services, such as mobile money.
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When considering an investment, financial due diligence is the most important task toward making sure that the investment is sound.
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Finding the right value for your business is key for success in your next phase. There is no question that a professional business valuation, is crucial.
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Socially conscious millennials are seeking more opportunities to put their money into impact, sustainable and socially beneficial investment strategies. To meet their demands, asset managers will have to hone their traditional skills — and learn some new ones.
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If you were asked to guess which sector attracted the biggest proportion of impact investment, which would you say it was? If you chose anything other than financial services, you guessed wrong. Impact investors have been enthusiastic backers of financial service businesses since the early days of social investing. In this blog, the first of a three-part series on impact investing in financial services, we explore the reasons why finance remains such an important sector for impact investors—and what their relationship means for the social investing sector today.
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