Underbanked
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The underbanked are people or businesses that have poor access to mainstream financial services normally offered by retail banks. The underbanked can be characterized by a strong reliance on non-traditional forms of finance and micro-finance often associated with disadvantaged and the poor, such as cheque cashers, loan sharks and pawnbrokers.
The underbanked are a distinct group from the unbanked, who are characterized by have no banking facilities at all.[1]
Distribution
Small countries have less banking provision than large countries even allowing for the smaller size of their economies.[2]
Remediation
There are many microfinance initiatives such as the Grameen Bank which aim to improve the provision of banking and financial services to poor communities.
References
- ↑ Retsinas, Nicolas Paul; Belsky, Eric S. (2005). Building assets, building credit: creating wealth in low-income communities. Brookings Institution Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-8157-7409-9.
- ↑ Hanson, James A.; Honohan, Patrick; Majnoni, Giovanni (2003). Globalization and National Financial Systems. World Bank Publications. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-8213-5208-3.
Further reading
- "A Report on Financial Exclusion in Australia". Chant Link & Associates. November 2004. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- Seidman, Ellen; Hababou, Moez; Kramer, Jennifer (September 2005). "Getting to Know Underbanked Consumers: A Financial Services Analysis". The Center for Financial Services Innovation. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
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