Small businesses and AI: Accelerating innovation and inclusion

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Highly confident, women entrepreneurs still face systemic barriers

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How data and AI can drive change: 4 ways forward

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Unlocking the power of small businesses to drive climate-smart inclusive growth

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In November 2018, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and Accion launched the MSE accelerator program (MAP) to digitally transform financial service providers, benefiting 12.8 million people, including 5.6 million MSEs. The study assesses the impact of digital transformation on MSE owners' quality of life, financial health and business growth, incorporating new 2023 survey data alongside earlier findings from MSEs in Ecuador, Guatemala, India and Nigeria.

Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing. We catalyze financial service providers to deliver high-quality, affordable solutions at scale for the three billion people who are left out of – or poorly served by – the financial sector.For more than 50 years, Accion has helped tens of millions of people through its work with more than 90 partners in 40 countries.&nbsp;Since their founding in 1961, Accion has worked tirelessly to empower people who are underserved, revolutionizing financial services for people who are left out.

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Accion Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing.

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The Impact of Digital Transformation on Underserved Microbusinesses: Findings from Accion’s Partnership with Mastercard