Guest blog on CGAP Technology Blog
September 17, 2009 - Despite all the attention being paid to the front-end technologies in microfinance like smartcards, the back-end remains an integral component for success. In his first guest post for the CGAP Technology Blog, George Conard, executive director of Grameen Foundation's Technology for Microfinance team, discusses why the back-end is crucial if microfinance is to scale and reach more poor people with more services.