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Women Want More from Their Bank

Women Want More from Their Bank

Women Want More from Their Bank

Standard Chartered prepared this presentation for use at its Bangladesh Consumer Banking Academy but it has relevance to every market. Excellent detailed discussion of the female economy and the business case for serving it, of women’s current state of satisfaction with the financial services industry (low) and concrete, actionable tactics for addressing this market.

Women, Business and the Law: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion

Women, Business and the Law: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion

Women, Business and the Law: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion

This World Bank report measures and compares gender parity in 141 economies via legal differentiations on the basis of gender, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court.

Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital

Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital

This report by Babson College found that contrary to existing perceptions, many fundable women entrepreneurs had the requisite skills and experience to lead high-growth ventures. Nonetheless, women were consistently left out of the networks of growth capital finance and appeared to lack the contacts needed to break through.

Harnessing the Power of the Purse

Harnessing the Power
of the Purse

CTI finds that tapping the power of the purse depends on correcting industry misperceptions about female investors and an industry tendency to perceive women as a monolithic market. Geography, generation, source of wealth, and asset level are all factors affecting how women perceive wealth and arrive at decisions about its allocation.