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Digital payments make gains but cash remains

While the digitalization of payments is a global trend, payment habits still differ across countries. Interoperability of payment systems within and between countries is key to ensuring that payments can be made seamlessly.
© © Bank for International Settlements 2023 | https://www.bis.org
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CBDC: Expanding Financial Inclusion or Deepening the Divide?

A resource on how to design a digital currency that expands financial inclusion and operates in the public interest rather than one that exacerbates or even creates a new digital divide for currency.
© ©MIT Digital Currency Initiative | https://dci.mit.edu
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Finanzas Plateadas: Zona de no exclusión financiera

This publication disseminates initiatives in the financial sector to adapt to aging to encourage other financial entities to develop solutions that make it possible to overcome the “financial non-exclusion” of the elderly.
© Copyright © 2022 Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo | iadb.org
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The Global Covid-19 Fintech Market Impact and Industry Resilience Study

Insights into the pandemic’s impact on the fintech industry: market performance, financial and operational indicators, financial inclusion, and government support.

© © 2023 s CCAF, World Bank and World Economic Forum (2022) The Global Covid-19 Fintech Market Impact and Industry Resilience Report, University of Cambridge, World Bank Group and the World Economic Forum | weforum.org
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Financial Products And Services For Women's Financial Inclusion: A Policy And Regulation Design Toolkit

A toolkit for policymakers and regulators to formulate, design, and implement gender-transformative policies for financial products and services.
© Cover image - Jonathan Erasmus/iStock
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The Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Women

This special report provides high-level policy recommendations to advance financial inclusion for forcibly displaced women.
© World's biggest refugee camp in Kutupalong Rohingya camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (©Azim Khan Ronnie/Alamy Stock Photo)
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Instant Payments: Regulatory Innovation and Payment Substitution Across Countries

This report analyzes the role of regulators in promoting instant payments and identifies instances of payment instrument substitution.

© © 2022 International Monetary Fund | imf.org
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Sustaining digital payments growth: Winning models in emerging markets

An article by McKinsey that explores which digital payments models are best placed to gain momentum in emerging markets and what innovations may lie on the horizon.
© ©Sustaining digital payments growth: Winning models in emerging markets | mckinsey.com
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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2022

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2022” presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals.

© ©The gender snapshot 2022 | unwomen.org
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Interlinking payment systems and the role of application programming interfaces: a framework for cross-border payments Report to the G20

Interlinking arrangements’ benefits, challenges and risks.
© ©Interlinking payment systems and the role of application programming interfaces | bis.org
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Inclusive distribution: advancing gender equality in the fast-moving consumer goods sector

This IFC and We-Fi learning brief introduces how gender equality can be advanced within the distribution activities of the FMCG sector.

© ©Inclusive Distribution report | ifc.org
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What works in supporting women entrepreneurs in developing countries?

The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) explores improvements in women entrepreneur’s financial and economic opportunities in developing countries.
© ©we-fi.org
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World Bank: Global Findex

World Bank’s Global Findex is a definitive source on access to financial services. 2021 findings show the account ownership gender gap has narrowed globally.
© ©The Global Findex Database 2021 | worldbank.org
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"Can Digital G2P Transfers Drive Financial Inclusion and Digital Payments? Evidence from India"

This paper explores factors that have driven the adoption of digital payments in India by beneficiaries of PMGKY, the large-scale COVID-19 relief program.
© ©Center for Global Development
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Accelerating Digital Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean

The World Economic Forum and IDB Lab explore how digital payments in Latin America & the Caribbean can continue to evolve in an open, inclusive and safe manner.
© ©Inter-American Development Bank: Gettyimage/ktsimage
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World Bank: Fintech and the Future of Finance

This report explores implications of financial services’ digital transformation for market outcomes - and regulation and supervision - and how these interact.
© ©World Bank
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State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money

The GSMA shares the latest mobile money data and insights, including that 1.35 billion registered accounts are processing $1 trillion in transactions annually.
© ©2022 GSM Association
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The Digital Public Goods Charter

Co-led by the Digital Public Goods Alliance and DIAL, the Charter aims to secure cross-sector commitments to safe, inclusive digital public infrastructure.
© ©Digital Impact Alliance
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Defining and Measuring Payment Interoperability

This WEF report explores how redefining and measuring the way digital payments interact with one another can help drive economic growth and financial inclusion.
© ©World Economic Forum
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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in India’s Largest Retail Sector: USAID and Mastercard Partner for Small Business Acceleration

Project Kirana is currently training 3,000 women shop owners and managers in the cities of Lucknow and Kanpur.