The payments industry is shifting towards cashless payments, and inclusion is a key priority.| PwC
Access to financial services and financial inclusion are necessary to reduce world’s poverty and increase prosperity. The World Bank Group and partners set an ambitious goal to achieve Universal Financial Access (UFA) by 2020. #Finaccess2020| World Bank
Half of the adults around the world – around 2.5 billion people – don’t use formal financial services, and 75% of poor people are unbanked because of costs, travel distances and burdensome requirements involved in opening a financial account. While the poor don’t have the same access to financial products, their need for financial services may be even greater. Financial inclusion is a key to achieving our goals of eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. World Bank ...| World Bank