Category Archives: Financial Inclusion

Consumer Education in Responsible Financial Management is Important

Importance of Financial Literacy: Credit scores improve as ‘new-to-credit’ consumers gain credit experience!

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Wise Credit Management Steps And Its Importance

Consumer financial literacy has become a major focus for the consumer credit information industry.  Our newest contributing writer Allen Smith offers tips on wise personal credit management:

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Saving Your Valuable Dollars And Staying Out Of Debt Burden

Consumer financial literacy has become a major focus for the consumer credit information industry. Our newest contributing writer Allen Smith offers Three Basic Tips to avoid over indebtedness:  

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3 Basic Tips To Manage Your Credit As A Youth

Consumer financial literacy has become a major focus for the consumer credit information industry.  Our newest contributing writer Allen Smith offers Three Basic Tips for the young generation in how to manage credit:

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Smart Tips To Avoid Over-Indebtedness And Live On The Right Financial Track

Are you someone who has the habit of splurging with money? If you are into the habit of whipping your plastics for every single purchase, you should immediately realize this is going to lead to indebtedness in the long run. … Continue reading

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German Based Micro Lender Eyes Small Business Lending – Generates its Own Information

Kreditech, which was launched last year (see our report of November 2012) to provide small loans to consumers is said to be breaking into the small business lending market. At this point in time little is known about the announced … Continue reading

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Financial Inclusion: Credit Reporting for Microfinance? It Can Be Done. Just Ask Pakistan

Huddled in the crowded lobby of the Sheraton Arlington hotel at the annual SEEP Network Conference, we listened intently to Syed Mohsin Ahmed as he elaborated on Pakistan’s new Microfinance Credit Information Bureau (MF-CIB). We scribbled in our notebooks, taking … Continue reading

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Microfinance in the UK: Fair Finance Tries to Compete with Payday Lenders

Fair Finance (based in London) is trying to fill the gap left by the banks, but in a “smarter, nicer, cheaper” way.  The company was founded by Faisel Rahman (36) in 2005 after he returned to London from Bangladesh, where … Continue reading

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