Financial inclusion data from the World Bank's research department. Measuring how adults in 140+ countries save, borrow, make payments and manage risk.
Account ownership has surged in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade! Discover how financial technology has fueled this growth in our new series of Findex notes for the region:
For the New Year, our latest blog on progress towards women's financial empowerment in Bangladesh, with insights from a BRAC conference we spoke at last year. Find the piece here:
Curious about opportunities to digitalize wage payments? Listen to this short interview that the Global Findex's Leora Klapper did with ILO Social Finance Programme chief Craig Churchill.
India's leap in financial inclusion, powered by Digital Public Infrastructure!
A G20 document prepared by the
@WorldBank
shared a very interest point on India's growth. India has achieved financial inclusion targets in just 6 years which would otherwise have taken at least 47
Learn how
#financialinclusion
is helping meet the
#UN
#GlobalGoals
: This upcoming webinar features global practitioners, regulators, and researchers talking about inclusive digital finance. Register here:
@wb_research
30% of mobile money account owners in SSA can't use their account without help. That's just one way that stronger financial capability can help people benefit from
#financialinclusion
. Learn more in our new blog:
58% of adults in
#climate
vulnerable economies
lack
#financialresilience
, compared to 25%
everywhere else, according to
#findex
data.
Learn more about what we can do:
Pleasure participating in our
@WorldBank
's webinar on 'Unleashing the Power of Private Capital'! Today's event focused on the 'Impact of Global Events on Infrastructure Finance in Emerging Markets'. A timely discussion given the challenges post-COVID & geopolitical events. [1/3]
Women's financial account ownership grew by 20% over the past decade in
@UEMOA_Officiel
.
📲Mobile money has mostly had a gender-equalizing effect.
Initiatives to expand financial inclusion should start by enabling digital payments. Read how via
@WorldBank
A fantastic
@federalreserve
report, which inspired my related research.
Importantly,
@wb_research
@GlobalFindex
data shows that adults in the poorest 40% of households in the US have lower financial resilience than in other G7 countries ⬇️
Digital financial services are one way to help families manage school fee payments so they can keep their children in school. To know more, click here:
📢Just launched! The 2023 edition of Igniting SDG Progress Through Digital Financial Inclusion showcases fresh evidence that illustrates how responsible digital financial inclusion forms the foundation of inclusive growth.
#DigitalFinanceSDGs
➡️
A pleasure visiting
@GSMA
to discuss
@GlobalFindex
data showing how mobile money accounts are being used in Sub-Saharan Africa to send and receive payments, but also to save and borrow
@wb_research