This interview with John Fischer shares how rising interest rates are affecting Accion’s portfolio companies and the populations they serve, and how technologies like embedded finance can help improve financial inclusion. “We got used to a world where the numbers continued looking better and better. Poverty was going down, inclusion was going up. It was all very positive. We are now facing a period where in many countries that is being reversed,” he said.

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