IN the aftermath of the global crisis, there has been a call for tighter regulation of financial services. But what is a financial service? Among the things money can buy, there is a distinction ...

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Digital financial services, powered by fintech, have the potential to lower costs by maximizing economies of scale, to increase the speed, security and transparency of transactions and to allow for ...

71% of people in developing countries have a financial account The gender gap in account ownership has also shrunk for the first time, narrowing from 9 to 6 percentage points in developing countries ...