Connecting the World's Poorest People to the Global Economy: New Models for linking savings groups to formal financial services
This report looks at eight different models that CARE has explored to connect savings groups with formal financial services including Barclays, Vision Finance, Vodacom and Mwanga Community Bank, Orange and Equity Bank and Jubilee Insurance. It recommends that customer protection must be maintained, and it outlines a set of ‘Linkage Principles’ that CARE has designed to help guard their interests.