Small-Dollar Credit

Kiosk Marketplace: Kiosks Offer Pawn Shops Recurring Revenue Opportunities

The Underbanked Market Data Report, released by CFSI and Core Innovation Capital, was referenced in an article on Kiosk Marketplace about a new wave of self-serve automated kiosks that financially underserved consumers are using to transact. Self-serve automated kiosks have enabled service providers to ...

Posted: January 2012

Highlights from the 4th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum

by Rachel Schneider

The Underbanked Financial Services Forum has become a bellwether for the industry serving the underbanked. Judging by this year’s Fourth Annual Forum, presented by SourceMedia with the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI), the industry is strong. Despite challenging times for the ...

21 pp.   
Posted: August 2009

A Fundamental Need: Small-Dollar, Short-Term Credit

by Jennifer Tescher

A dramatic series of events related to small-dollar value, short-term credit has unfolded over the last 18 months. Legislators, regulators, and the financial services industry have been closely scrutinizing the payday loan industry and creating market incentives for private-sector innovation. As a ...

23 pp.   
Posted: July 2008

From the Margins to the Mainstream

From the Margins to the Mainstream: A Guide to Building Products and Strategies for Underbanked Markets (for chapter links, see below)

The Retail Financial Services Initiative (RFSI) is a three-year project organized by NCIF that seeks to increase the quantity and quality of ...

Posted: November 11, 2005

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