Women's World Banking

Name

Women's World Banking

Legal name

Women's World Banking, Inc.

Website

https://womensworldbanking.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Inclusion Advisory Services

NAICS

Finance and Insurance (52), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

SME, Microfinance & Financial Inclusion Facilities (BPADACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gender Lens / Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Funds (FSANAJAM)

Keywords

• Financial inclusion services
• Advisory services banking
• Gender-lens investing
• Policy advisory finance
• Microfinance institutions

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Donations: Women's World Banking operates as a global nonprofit organization funded primarily through grants and donations from development agencies, foundations, and corporate partners. Funding partners include government aid agencies (DFAT, SIDA, SECO), foundations (Gates Foundation, Visa Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation), and corporate entities. The organization also receives in-kind support from law firms.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Women's World Banking is a global non-profit that partners with financial institutions to design and scale women-centered financial products, advises central banks and regulators on gender-intentional policy, and invests in women-focused financial services providers through its asset management arm (WAM). It operates a global network of 74 financial institution members and produces proprietary research, diagnostics, and learning programs to advance women's economic empowerment.

Product overview

Women's World Banking is a global non-profit organization (not a product company) that operates through three core service areas: (1) Regional Advisory Services working directly with financial institutions to design and scale women-centered solutions, (2) Policy Advisory providing regulators with insights and capacity-building programs, and (3) Women's World Banking Asset Management (WAM) making gender-lens investments in businesses serving women. Additional offerings include a Global Network of 74 member financial institutions, the Leadership Development Program for Regulators, research publications, and the Making Finance Work for Women podcast. The organization does not offer traditional software products, APIs, or SaaS platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Women's World Banking Asset Management (WAM): Invests in growing businesses with innovative solutions that enable women to achieve economic empowerment and resilience. Creates enterprise value and delivers competitive financial returns by investing in businesses that unlock the potential of women as customers, leaders, and employees.
• WWB Institute
• Making Finance Work for Women (MFWW) Podcast

Products and services

• Regional Advisory Services
• Policy Advisory
• Women's World Banking Asset Management (WAM)
• Global Network of Financial Services Providers
• Leadership Development Program for Regulators
• Research & Publications
• Making Finance Work for Women Podcast

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• AmarthacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026Amartha, a fintech in Indonesia serving women entrepreneurs in rural areas, partnered with Women's World Banking as a founding member of the Indonesian Coalition for Financial Health (ICFH). The coalition aims to strengthen financial health outcomes for grassroots communities through research, innovation hubs, and cross-sector collaboration. Amartha has served more than 3.9 million women entrepreneurs and disbursed over IDR 47 trillion in business capital.
• Center for Financial Inclusion at AccioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCenter for Financial Inclusion at Accion joined as a partner in the Indonesian Coalition for Financial Health (ICFH), contributing to research and evidence generation on financial health for underserved populations including women-owned MSMEs.
• Mastercard Center for Inclusive GrowthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Indonesian Coalition for Financial Health (ICFH), supporting the coalition's work on financial health innovation hubs and cross-sector collaboration for women-owned MSMEs in rural Indonesia.
• NABARDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) in India is developing a Gender Intentionality Score for regional rural banks in partnership with Women's World Banking. This initiative supports India's 'gender intentional' financial system overhaul as part of Union Budget 2026 preparations.
• Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (UNSGSA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerQueen Máxima of the Netherlands serves as UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Financial Health (UNSGSA) and has provided full support to initiatives like the Indonesian Coalition for Financial Health. She is a long-standing champion of women's financial inclusion globally.
• Equity Group HoldingscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExecutives from Equity Group Holdings participated in panel discussions at the Inclusive Finance Forum in Kigali alongside Women's World Banking, debating competing visions for Africa's financial future. Equity Group is launching an innovation studio in Rwanda backed by its $16 billion balance sheet.
• MTN FinTech GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExecutives from MTN FinTech Group participated in panel discussions at the Inclusive Finance Forum in Kigali alongside Women's World Banking, discussing Africa's financial future and the role of telco-anchored open platforms.
• Kalpana Ajayan (Women's World Banking representative)coreOthersKalpana Ajayan from Women's World Banking spoke at the GFF 2025 in Mumbai about Prime Minister Modi's advocacy for women-led financial inclusion, highlighting India's fintech initiatives like UPI and the growing influence of digital financial services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Accion (and Center for Financial Inclusion): Global nonprofit accelerating financial inclusion for underserved communities. Operates a global network, advisory services, impact investing, and the Center for Financial Inclusion — a co-partner with WWB in the Indonesian Coalition for Financial Health — making it the closest peer in mission, structure, and offerings.
• Opportunity International: Global nonprofit providing microfinance, savings, insurance, and training to people in developing countries. Comparable to WWB in targeting low-income women via partner financial institutions, with overlapping geographies (Africa, Asia, LAC) and advisory-style capacity building.
• Grameen Foundation: Nonprofit focused on poverty alleviation through microfinance and digital financial services for women and rural communities. Closely comparable in mission, partner-FI model, and emerging-markets focus, particularly in South Asia and Latin America.
• CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor): World Bank-hosted global partnership advancing financial inclusion through research, policy advisory, and capacity building. Comparable to WWB's policy advisory and research arms, though broader than women's inclusion specifically and arguably a BROAD_INCUMBENT given its scale.
• FinMark Trust: Independent trust promoting financial inclusion across Africa through research, policy, and capacity building. Comparable to WWB's research and policy advisory arms serving financial regulators and FIs in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Broad incumbents

• International Finance Corporation (IFC): World Bank Group private-sector development arm providing investment and advisory in emerging markets. IFC is a recent WWB partner and a BROAD_INCUMBENT operating 2X Challenge gender-lens investing that overlaps with WAM.
• UNCDF (UN Capital Development Fund): UN development finance institution focused on inclusive digital economies and financial inclusion in LDCs. Recent partner of WWB on Indonesia initiatives; comparable in policy/grant-driven financial inclusion mandate at global scale.

Emerging players

• European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP): European network of microfinance and financial inclusion actors. Comparable as a peer-network industry body, though more microfinance-focused than women's-financial-inclusion-specific.

Regional players

• Equity Group Holdings (Equity Bank): Pan-African financial services group with strong women-focused banking franchise in Kenya and beyond. Direct network member and participant in WWB's Inclusive Finance Forum; a regional peer at the FI level whose women-focused strategy WWB advises.

Others

• Visa Foundation: Corporate foundation of Visa Inc. funding financial inclusion and equitable economies. Top-tier $20M+ funder of WWB (2017) and a peer in the gender-and-financial-inclusion ecosystem, though operating as a funder/network rather than an implementing nonprofit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/womensworldbnkg
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiFnLO9yVsWb7_O9jQ0jzQA
• Facebookfacebook.com/womensworldbanking
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/women%27s-world-banking
• Instagraminstagram.com/womensworldbnkg/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments12 records

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