The Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF) is an innovative public-private platform to enhance inclusive finance for low-income clients, especially women, smallholder farmers and MSMEs, in emerging contexts. SCBF enables, with funding, financial service providers to access the expertise required to develop, tailor and scale innovative solutions that address the unique challenges these low income populations face.
Since inception to end of 2022, SCBF has co-funded over 188 projects across 50 countries, reaching over 3.4 million people with financial services that improve their living standards, build resilience and advance economic empowerment. SCBF is currently updating its strategy and financial instruments to better meet the needs of social enterprises/innovative organisations that looks to advance financial inclusion.