Sub-Saharan Africa saved money using mobile accounts in 2024, well above the 9% average in low- and middle-income countries. Mobile money accounts now fuel nearly 60% of formal borrowing in the region ...

A new report from the World Bank’s Global Findex 2025 reveals that 59% of adults in low- and middle-income economies, ...

New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Friday criticised the central government over Jan Dhan Yojna ...

The UAE, along with Norway and Libya, is among the only three countries in the world where every adult resident owns a mobile ...

The world's oldest multilateral climate fund, the Global Environment Facility, is planning a new wave of wildlife conservation bonds in a bid to help African countries save endangered species and ...

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it is working to broaden and enhance financial participation following a report showing a slight decline in financial account ownership among Filipino adults ...

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said financial inclusion must go beyond simply increasing account ownership, after the reported slight decline in account penetration in the 2024 World Bank ...

The 2021 edition of the Global Findex, contains updated indicators on access to and use of formal and informal financial services and digital payments, and offers insights into the behaviors that ...

The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the ...

The World Bank has reported a major surge in global financial inclusion, with nearly 80 percent of adults worldwide now ...

India has achieved near-universal financial account ownership, with 89 per cent of adults now holding an account, according to the World Bank’s Global Findex 2025 report. However, it added, high ...