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Kopi Time E056: Mary Ellen Iskenderian on digital finance for women

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women’s World Banking, joins Kopi Time to talk about giving low-income women in the developing world access to the financial tools and resources. She begins by setting the ground for where we stand with respect to gender equity. She points out that financial inclusion means more than just having a bank account; increasingly, a better indicator is access to a smartphone, in which there remains a large gender gap.

 

Mary Ellen Iskenderian: What Will It Take to Finance Development for the Next 15 Years?

Mary Ellen Iskenderian: What Will It Take to Finance Development for the Next 15 Years?

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President, Women’s World Banking, United States “Even with all of the advances that digital technology has made in bringing people into the financial system, we still see a persistent gender gap. I think the step is being conscious that women are still disadvantaged in their access to finance and even in their access to savings accounts.”