Financial Inclusion

Financial inclusion isn’t a one-size-fits-all process, with more than 2 billion people worldwide living outside the global financial system. The good news: advances in big data and technology along with changes in regulation and creative partnerships between the public and private sectors are providing new pathways to help people gain financial stability.

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Financial Health Means More than Financial Inclusion

Research, Reports & Publications

MetLife Foundation Sponsors Series of Studies on Financial Inclusion in Japan
The concept of financial inclusion is still relatively new in Japan. However, there are a rising number of individuals and households who find themselves in a difficult financial situation due to a decrease in savings, the inability to borrow money, and growing poverty. Working together with MetLife Insurance K.K. on financial inclusion, one of the company’s theme-based CSR activities in Japan since last year, MetLife Foundation has seen this as an opportunity to identify emerging needs around financial inclusion while advocating for further dialogue on this topic on the policy front.

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Center for Financial Services Innovation Releases New Indicators for Measuring Consumers’ Financial Well-Being
Chicago, IL, May 10, 2016 /3BL Media/ - Today, the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) released a landmark report that urges financial services providers to measure the financial health of their customers.

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MetLife Foundation Commits $240,000 to Build an Interactive Financial Services Map
MetLife Foundation announced a new program where researchers from University of Kansas and University of Michigan will lead a project to build a web-based, interactive map showing where financial services are located in communities across the United States and how the locations of these services affect individuals’ financial opportunity. The project, known as Mapping Financial Opportunity, will provide a tool that policymakers at all levels, regulators, consumer advocates, families and others can use to search by ZIP code and learn more about the financial opportunity within their communities.

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MetLife Foundation to support Access Academy Program at Asian University for Women
The Asian University for Women (AUW) and MetLife Foundation announced today that MetLife Foundation will support AUW’s collegiate bridge-year program – Access Academy. This one-year flagship program helps prepare students for AUW’s rigorous, American-style undergraduate studies and also aims to recruit talented women who may have had limited access to high quality education.

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MetLife Foundation Makes Significant Progress Towards $200 Million, Five Year Commitment to Financial Inclusion
NEW YORK, Thursday, April 21, 2016 /3BL Media/ – Today, MetLife Foundation released its 2015 Annual Report, highlighting its activities and showcasing a broad array of partners, grantees and activities.

Innovation & Technology

MetLife Foundation and Verb Announce Global Competition to Improve Financial Services for the Underserved

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Trickle Up Brings Financial Inclusion to India’s Rural Poor
Jayanti Pradhan lives in a three-room mud-walled house, earns a steady income from farming vegetables and raising goats, and has saved 8,000 rupees (about US$120) in her bank account.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Life in a Banking Desert
Economists from the New York Fed recently investigated the increase of “banking deserts,” or communities with little to no access to mainstream banking services, in their Liberty Street Economics blog.

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MetLife Foundation and ‘The Financial Inclusion Challenge’ Seek Best Solutions for Financial Access Across Asia
MetLife Foundation announced today, its exclusive sponsorship of the second year of The Financial Inclusion Challenge.
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