Four Ways Financial Services Providers Can Build Gender-Fair Lending Portfolios - Women's World Banking

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Four Ways Financial Services Providers Can Build Gender-Fair Lending Portfolios - Women's World Banking

Despite making up one-third of all formal MSMEs, women-led businesses in developing countries face a credit deficit of nearly $1.5 trillion. There is a mismatch: despite the large number of women-led microbusinesses, they are often not discoverable to lenders. This customer segment is at the bottom of the lending funnel, and even the best marketing intent of financial services providers (FSPs) may not effectively reach them. Bias against creditw…