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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Many small business owners lack access to financing, leaving them vulnerable to predatory lenders. A digital platform supported by Mastercard is making it easier for them to secure CDFI funding instead.

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.

Accion

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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North America

How a digital marketplace is disrupting small business lending

Small business

Asia Pacific

Middle East & Africa

Europe

Latin American & Caribbean

Global

AI for social impact

Climate change

Data for good

Digital transformation

Economic development

Financial health

Financial inclusion

Gender equity

Global development

Public-private partnerships