Reflections on ten years of KGFS
Reflections on the execution of the KGFS model.
The Nature of Financial Advice for Low-income Households
I was at an excellent behavioural finance conference organised by the Michigan University’s Centre on Finance, Law & Policy last week.
Pudhuaaru KGFS Turns 9 – The Journey of the First Branch
June 1st marks the 9th anniversary of KGFS since it first began its operations in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. From opening its first branch in the Karambayam…
Reorienting Financial Well-being through FWR 2.0
For an institution focussed on delivering high-quality and customised financial services to low-income households, the Wealth Management approach has been the one of the key underlying layers that is…
Thinking about Micro-insurance Penetration and Entrenchment
Insurance contracts to lower income households (micro-insurance) are typically for one year.
Preliminary Findings from the KGFS Impact Evaluation Study
Happy Birthday Pudhuaaru KGFS, and if we may say so as an objective evaluation team: Many happy returns (in every sense of the word)!
Insights from a Deep dive exercise in Sahastradhara KGFS, Uttarakhand
Sahastradhara KGFS started its operations in the year 2008 with a mission “to maximise the financial wellbeing of every individual and every enterprise by providing complete financial services in…
Infograph: The KGFS Model
Note: You can know more about the model by reading the paper “The Pursuit of Complete Financial Inclusion: The KGFS…
Adoption of Mobile Financial Services in Thanjavur – Pudhuaaru KGFS & Qarth Technologies Pilot
Since its introduction in 2010, IMPS based mobile banking transactions have been growing month on month reaching 3.5 Million monthly transactions in May 2014.
The Impact of KGFS in Rural Tamil Nadu: Early Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial
The Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services (KGFS) model since its inception has focused on providing a range of high quality financial services through its geographically-focused community financial institutions using a…