The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted digital financial inclusion trends across the world in many and complex ways. In developing and emerging contexts, this crisi
Technology is changing the landscape of the financial sector, increasing access to financial services in profound ways. These changes have been in motion for se
In 2011 the World Bank—with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive data set
Digital financial services have been a key driver of financial inclusion in recent years. While there is evidence that financial inclusion through traditional s
Financial technology (FinTech) and its related products are considered a major disruptive innovation in financial services, substantially elevating financial so