Organization:Financial Alliance for Women

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Financial Alliance for Women
Formation2000
TypeNonprofit
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York
Websitehttps://www.financialallianceforwomen.org

The Financial Alliance for Women (formerly the Global Banking Alliance for Women or GBA) is a non-profit organization working as an international consortium of financial institutions interested in the female economy. Its members work in more than 135 countries to build programs that support women with access to capital, information, education, and markets.[1] The organization is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.[2]

History and leadership

Services and programs

The Alliance works with a range of financial institutions to bank women and support women entrepreneurs.[3] Members include Westpac in Australia,[4] BLC Bank in Lebanon,[5] Access Bank in Nigeria, Standard Chartered[6] and NatWest Group in the United Kingdom, Banco Popular in the United States, Itaú Unibanco in Brazil, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The Alliance partners with Data2X to coordinate the Women's Financial Inclusion Data (WFID) Partnership.[7]

The Alliance also holds an annual summit to discuss ways to advance women's financial inclusion around the world.[8]

Sponsors

References

  1. ↑ Global Banking Alliance for Women, http://qww.gbaforwomen.org/, retrieved 2014-06-16 
  2. ↑ "INV-048085" (in en). https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2022/09/inv-048085. 
  3. ↑ Vanderbrug, Jackie (4 September 2013), "Harvard Business Review Blog: Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs", Harvard Business Review, http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/09/global-rise-of-female-entrepreneurs/, retrieved 2014-06-27 
  4. ↑ WestPac Women's Market, http://www.westpac.com.au/business-banking/women-in-business/in-the-community/, retrieved 2014-06-27 
  5. ↑ "BLC Bank Women's Empowerment Initiative". http://www.blcbank.com/milestones. Retrieved 2014-07-05. 
  6. ↑ "The Global Compact: Human Rights and Business Dilemmas Forum". http://human-rights.unglobalcompact.org/case_studies/Gender/gender/empowering_women_in_the_workplace_and_market.html#.U7g8JY1dXV0. Retrieved 2014-07-05. 
  7. ↑ "Promoting Women’s Financial Inclusion: A Quiet Revolution is Taking Place in the Financial Sector" (in en). https://www.cgdev.org/blog/promoting-womens-financial-inclusion-quiet-revolution-taking-place-financial-sector. 
  8. ↑ Kagina, Alice (2025-05-28). "First Lady Kagame: Women’s access to finance not charity" (in en). https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/26774/news/women/first-lady-kagame-womens-access-to-finance-not-charity. 



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