We know responsible financial services are powerful tools to help reduce poverty and create opportunity.
To strengthen our work and maximize our impact, we systematically gather data from our partners and their clients, so we can quickly learn what’s working and share and promote best practices across our global network.
440m
Since our founding, Accion has reached 440 million underserved people globally.
267
Accion has helped build 267 financial service providers operating across 75 countries.
42.1M
In 2023 alone, 42.1 million people were actively using services provided by our financial service provider partners.
8.6M
8.6 million people, including 4.5 million women entrepreneurs, accessed credit through our partners.
6.1M
6.1 million people accessed insurance products through our partners.
2.2M
2.2 million people saved money through our partners.
We build lasting, meaningful change
Reach:
We expand the access and usage of responsible financial services for underserved people to improve their livelihoods and increase resilience.
Quality:
We open opportunity for underserved people through improved choices and responsible financial services that meet their needs.
Catalytic change:
We catalyze capital and innovative demonstration models that advance fairness and inclusion at scale.
Centering clients’ financial well-being
Results from our four-year partnership with Mastercard to drive the digitization of small business owners:
87%
87 percent of users of new digital financial products said they had improved financial health outcomes, like paying expenses on time.
75%
75 percent of women who used new digital financial products reported an improvement in financial health outcomes, like saving more money.
41%
41 percent of users of new digital financial products reported increased business growth activities, such as increased sales.
Explore our approach
We apply a multi-faceted strategy to measure and maximize our impact for financially underserved communities globally.
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We are making essential financial services available to millions of people who would otherwise be left out.