From 5cd6b718ed70fb64b86301f06135fd325bebb0b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ambika <kumarikhushi59581@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:52:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] FINERACT-2458: Add DPG verified badge to main README

---
 README.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 127b8b7ea..eabde3a6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+[![Verified DPG](https://img.shields.io/badge/Verified-DPG-3333AB)](https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/apache-fineract)
+Apache Fineract is a verified Digital Public Good (slug: apache-fineract) 
+under the Digital Public Goods Alliance.
+
+
 # Apache Fineract
 <!-- TODO Reactivate when there is a working CI-CD instance: [![Swagger Validation](https://validator.swagger.io/validator?url=https://sandbox.mifos.community/fineract-provider/swagger-ui/fineract.yaml)](https://validator.swagger.io/validator/debug?url=https://sandbox.mifos.community/fineract-provider/swagger-ui/fineract.yaml) -->
 [![Build](https://github.com/apache/fineract/actions/workflows/build-mariadb.yml/badge.svg?branch=develop)](https://github.com/apache/fineract/actions/workflows/build-mariadb.yml)