Small businesses and AI: Accelerating innovation and inclusion

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Data capabilities are essential to an organization&rsquo;s digital transformation: from informing strategies that increase efficiency and revenue to creating new business models where data assets become products. The explosion of available data, data-analytics services, and a growing digital ecosystem creates unprecedented opportunities for underserved communities and FSPs alike. However, many organizations become overwhelmed by all the different ways they can use data and lose alignment when creating a focused data strategy. This article discusses several steps FSPs can take to integrate data and analytics activities with their digital transformation goals.

Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing. We catalyze financial service providers to deliver high-quality, affordable solutions at scale for the three billion people who are left out of – or poorly served by – the financial sector.For more than 50 years, Accion has helped tens of millions of people through its work with more than 90 partners in 40 countries.&nbsp;Since their founding in 1961, Accion has worked tirelessly to empower people who are underserved, revolutionizing financial services for people who are left out.

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Accion Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing.

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