THE FINANCIAL INCLUSION COMPASS
The Financial Inclusion Compass is e-MFP’s annual survey of the financial inclusion sector.
On this page, you can fine PDF Executive Summaries of the 2026 report, as well as previous editions.
Financial Inclusion Compass 2026
The 2026 Compass is the eighth edition and, for the first time, is published as an interactive web publication. Drawing on 182 responses from 55 countries, it explores current trends and challenges, the changing funding landscape, the implications of AI, and priorities for financial inclusion over the coming decade.
Explore the full report here.
Previous Editions
Launched in 2018, the Compass was created to take the ‘pulse’ of the sector by asking practitioners, providers, investors, policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders what they see as the most important trends, challenges and priorities shaping inclusive finance.
Explore our archives below!
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Past Compass webinars
Paths (and Potholes) Ahead: Findings and themes in the e-MFP Financial Inclusion Compass 2024, joint e-MFP & FinDev Gateway webinar with Sam Mendelson together with Deborah Foy, Executive Director of Opportunity International; Philippe Guichandut, Secretary-General of Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation; and Dr. Asongo Abraham, COO of Standard Microfinance Bank Nigeria, June 2024.
What’s Next? e-MFP webinar to present findings from the Financial Inclusion Compass 2022, led by e-MFP’s Sam Mendelson, and joined by Stuart Rutherford and Apricot Wilson, 5 October 2022.
Where do we go now? Webinar launch of e-MFP's publication Financial Inclusion Compass 2021, with Sam Mendelson, Financial Inclusion Specialist at e-MFP and lead author of the Compass series, joined by Antonique Koning, Senior Financial Sector Specialist at CGAP, Malkhaz Dzadzua, former CEO of JSC MFO Crystal in Georgia, and Noémie Renier, Head of Debt for Financial Institutions at Incofin Investment Management, 7 July 2021
El Covid-19 Financial Inclusion Compass - conclusiones de la edición especial del Compass con Gabriela Erice, e-MFP y Georgina Vazquez, OMTRIX
[ Ver la presentación en PDF ], Sept 2020
The Covid-19 Financial Inclusion Compass - findings from the special edition of the e-MFP survey with e-MFP's Sam Mendelson, Financial Inclusion Compass lead author, and CFI's Mayada El-Zoghbi, July 2020
For more information or to discuss any collaboration, please contact e-MFP's Head of Communications Loretta Perera (rperera@e-mfp.eu) or Compass lead author and e-MFP Financial Inclusion Specialist Sam Mendelson (smendelson@e-mfp.eu)