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The Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion
Organisation general information
Organisation name: 
The Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion
Founding year: 
2008
Country: 
United States
Total number of staff: 
23
Resources dedicated to microfinance: 
23
Percentage of microfinance activities: 
Between 0 and 20%
Type of organisation: 
Non profit
 
Researchers
Organisation's contact person
Contact person: 
Mayada El-Zoghbi
Address: 
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 400
DC 20005
Washington
United States
Email:
MElzoghbi@accion.org
Website:
https://www.centerforfinancialinclusion.org/
Phone: 
1-202-706-5888
Organisation summary
Mission: 

The Center for Financial Inclusion is an independent think tank housed at Accion that works to better serve, protect and empower clients. We learn, test and share insights; promote concrete solutions; and advocate for inclusive, responsible finance that helps – not harms – individuals. We collaborate with stakeholders globally to achieve our goal of enabling 3 billion people who are left out of – or poorly served by – the financial sector to improve their lives.

Countries of intervention: 
Programmes open to all regions.
Areas of intervention: 
    Please indicate any innovations in your microfinance program planned for the coming year: 

    CFI has completed a strategy refresh and has added three new focus areas for its work: 

    1. Women’s financial inclusion
    2. Financial services to mitigate and adapt to climate change
    3. Inclusive finance through data

    CFI is also updating its consumer protection strategy to prioritize customer research, policy and regulatory work, and work on customer capability.

    In addition, CFI merged with MIX as of June 1, 2020. The strategic integration brings MIX’s unique data expertise together with CFI’s thought leadership and convening power to advance and guide efforts to improve the lives of the 3 billion financially underserved people globally.

    CFI’s new strategy launch will be incorporated into Financial Inclusion Week (October 12-16) to share more specific details about this new direction.

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