What Community Banking Means for the Poorest Communities

Over 2 billion adults around the world are unbanked. Community banks create opportunity and bring stability to vulnerable communities who may otherwise not have access to any financial services. 

Five Talents helps to establish savings groups and community banks in some of the most remote and marginalized areas of the world. Even the poorest members of a society can own shares in a community bank. In this video, Programs Director, Suzanne Middleton, reflects on the latest community bank in Kuajok, South Sudan.

Learn more about how community savings creates economic opportunity for the poor.