Cenfri seeks to build a network of partner institutions and experts to support our research and objectives. One such partner is Bankable Frontier Associates.

David Porteous, the founder and managing director of Bankable Frontier Associates, is a research fellow and member of Cenfri.

Bankable Frontiers Associates is a niche consulting firm, based in Boston MA, USA, which specializes in the design and evaluation of strategies and policies to extend the bankable frontier; that is, the reach of formal financial services in emerging markets around the world.

The application of new technology and changing financial regulation are both powerful forces which can reshape this frontier. BFA is actively involved in tracking and advising public and private sector, as well as regulators, on how best to harness these forces to best advantage. The bankable frontier is both an opportunity and a challenge to policy makers and to financial service providers. Bankable Frontier Associates specializes in advising, designing and evaluating initiatives which address the challenge, and take advantage of the new opportunity

For more information see: www.bankablefrontier.com