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MicroSave Consulting (MSC), formerly known as MicroSave, is a consulting firm. It works in the areas of financial, social, and economic inclusion. MSC builds partnerships with key players in the ecosystem of financial services , with a focus on the world’s poor. The company's clients include governments, donors, private sector corporations, and local businesses. MSC has 11 offices around the globe and has worked on projects in 50 developing countries.

History
MSC began in 1998 as the MicroSave project , a nine-year project funded by Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Kenya. The project’s mission was to “strengthen the capacity of financial service providers to deliver market-led solutions” and to articulate the perspectives of low-income people in microfinance across East and southern Africa.

Until the year 2000, the MicroSave project focused on demand-side market research in East and southern Africa. The project eventually expanded in Africa to cover multiple facets of financial inclusion, including research, consulting, and training. By 2003, the project evolved its research work to include both demand and supply sides.

In 2005, MicroSave entered the Indian geography. Later in the year in November 2005, a mid-term review of the project resulted in its transformation into a commercial service providing organization. In the next two years, it expanded operations to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Nepal. The MicroSave project ended and transformed to a full-fledged consulting company. The MicroSave Consulting Limited was legally established in 2007.

In the years to follow, MicroSave expanded its scope of work to include digital financial services, energy, housing, water, and sanitation, among others—all with a focus on low-income people. The organization continues its work across various thematic areas of inclusive and responsible financing—in the Pacific, in other South East Asian nations, and other geographies.

The organization updated its branding from MicroSave to MSC (MicroSave Consulting) in 2018.

Areas of work
MSC uses research and evaluation methods to offer consulting services in the areas of digital financial services, inclusive finance & banking, micro, small and medium enterprises, and private sector development. It helps governments and regulating bodies in drafting and modifying policies related to social, economic, and financial inclusion.

The organization provides advisory services and delivers on-site operational assistance in financial and social inclusion. In recent years, MSC has also focused on technology-led innovations and applied emerging technology platforms, such as Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.

Geographical spread
MSC has been active in more than 50 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It has offices in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Philippines, Senegal, Singapore, Vietnam, Uganda, and the United Kingdom.

Employees
Consultants in MSC come from a wide range of industries and sectors, such as digital financial services, banking & financial services, housing, livelihoods, agri-value chains and agri-finance, information technology, insurance, telecommunication, WASH finance, and media. MSC consultants work in women’s empowerment, financial inclusion, financial literacy, social inclusion, research, rural development, development finance, remittances, and payments, among other areas.

Consultants are involved in strategy development and governance, organizational strengthening and risk management, product and channel innovations, investment and donor services, research and evaluations, training, and dissemination.

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