Financial Inclusion Week is a week of global conversation on the most important steps to advance financial inclusion. This year, stakeholders explored how new products and partnerships are empowering customers.  Building on the momentum, SME Finance Forum member, Mambu, shared stories of their clients who have gone digital to inspire organisations just starting their journey.

Grameen America's guest blog describes how in 2015, they reached an inflection point. As the fastest growing microfinance organization in the United States, Grameen America needed to completely overhaul their core banking system in order to keep up with their expansion and continue to scale. They approached this change with a clearly defined philosophy.