Beyond the box: how to safeguard savings?

Beyond the box: how to safeguard savings?

Photo: RECIPROCITY Many savings groups resist banking their money for a variety of reasons, but there are moves to change this “When we opened the box we found that the money was missing. We went to the box-keeper’s homestead and found the tools that had been used to...
Going digital where technology is feared

Going digital where technology is feared

A recent SaveAct study investigating scope for digitization in rural and peri-urban communities found widespread fear and distrust of technology among members. Despite the fact that ninety percent of SaveAct’s savings group members own a mobile phone, the majority of...