A common mission of many of today’s leading fintech companies is “to democratize access to financial services,” best summed up through the concept of financial inclusion. According to the World Bank, ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) policies on financial inclusion, including planned take-off of Payment Service Banks (PSBs) and impact of mobile money, are expected to deepen financial ...

Financial inclusion (i.e., the availability and accessibility of financial services for individuals and businesses) is a fundamental goal for governments and organizations around the world. Despite ...

National Financial Inclusion Strategies (NFIS) typically set financial inclusion targets for the country’s population as a key metric of success. The availability of that data often underpins ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation In this paper we study how competition and financial soundness affect financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We ...

For many years, the United States has played a significant role in advancing the early microfinance revolution and the financial inclusion agenda worldwide. Access to and use of financial services ...

This policy brief focuses on enhancing financial inclusion for Ethiopia’s older urban poor, emphasising the importance of access to formal financial services like banking, savings, loans, and ...

What Is Digital Financial Inclusion? Digital financial inclusion revolves around ensuring that all individuals and businesses, particularly those in underserved or marginalised communities, have ...

On September 28, 2018, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the results of the ninth annual Financial Access Survey (FAS). [1] The FAS collects annual data on indicators tracking access to ...

Arab Finance: Egypt’s financial inclusion rate rose to 77.6% by the end of 2025, according to data from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). The increase represents 54.7 million citizens aged 15 and above ...