Today’s finance industry generally agrees that data-driven decisions make for good business and great design. But what decisions are and aren’t we able to make from quantitative data alone? When must qualitative data step in? The Apply Club Finance held an event to discuss these issues.

Not too long ago, people had little choice in financial services. How do they choose now? Based on our research in different countries, we have identified six main factors that people consider: value, convenience, control, trust, risk, and emotions.

Finthropology is pleased to launch a new report, Digital Change in Smallholder Farming in the Philippines: Emerging Practices in E-Commerce and Finance.  The report explores the practices emerging from the introduction of e-commerce and digital financial tools in the area of Lucban, southeast of Manila.

A very warm holiday season and a happy new year from all of us at Finthropolgy. Interested to learn what we’ve been up to in 2023? We give you the scoop in this post, and some exciting news for 2024.

Finthropology is pleased to launch a new report, Digital Change in Southeast Asian Agriculture: A study of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, East Timor, and Indonesia. The report, funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), explores the state of development of agricultural extension apps and research on digital farming in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, East Timor, and Indonesia, in light of the active promotion of digitisation from governments and international organisations.

Credit unions are built on collaboration. This report explores new opportunities and risks in small credit union back-office collaboration with a focus on technology, infrastructure, governance, and culture.

Finthropology are honoured to have contributed research and analysis to a new report on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), published by the MIT Digital Currency Initiative (MIT DCI) and Maiden Labs

Finthropology is pleased to announce that we have been engaged ACIAR to conduct a market scan of mobile finance and market facilitation services in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, East Timor and Indonesia.

Emerging digital technologies are transforming currencies and finance, changing the way we save, spend and exchange value. But do people really need a new form of money? Our new report, Money and Payments in Low Income Brazil, examines payments practices in Brazil and explores how new financial tools might fit into the existing system.

We are pleased to announce the release of a new report, Better Research, Better Design: How to Align Teams and Build a Human-Centric Company Culture. Based on interviews with researchers working in companies, it provides a toolkit and framework for researchers to implement micro changes into their work processes, teams, and their own practice.

We are pleased to announce the publication of our new report, ‘Female Finance On the Move—Switzerland’. This is the third edition in our Female Finance series. In this report we look into the bags, wallets and phones of Swiss women to find out how they manage their money.

The fintech industry has transformed immensely over the past decade. Where do we go from here? A new book, ‘Transformation Dymanics in FinTech’, explores the past and future of our burgeoning industry.

Finthropology are proud to have contributed research and analysis to Findexable’s new report for the Fintech Diversity Radar, “Diversity for Growth”. The report explores why gender diversity remains an issue in finance and fintech, why it matters, and what can be done to create a more gender diverse finance and fintech sector.

Finthropology is proud to announce that we are partnering with findexable on their Fintech Diversity Radar project. Launching in 2021, the Fintech Diversity Radar will be the world’s first global platform gathering progressive data on women in fintech.

I am delighted to launch Finthropology, a consultancy specializing in insights into people's financial behaviour. The name 'Finthropology' brings together two of my passions: finance and anthropology.