Firms’ ability to finance investments in physical and human capital and innovate through digital, green, and other technologies is central to productivity and economic growth. An extensive body of research...
The 2022 Global State of Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection (FICP) Report is an update to the 2013 and 2017 FICP reports. These surveys aim to provide a timely source of global data to benchmark...
In light of Panama’s exposure to foreign money laundering (ML) risks, its recent inclusion in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “grey list”, and reforms adopted by the government, this Technical Note...
This paper examines global data on unbanked and underbanked consumers to highlight the role that improved financial literacy and capability could play in motivating and enabling the safe and beneficial...
This chapter presents detailed Global Findex 2021 data on the trends in financial access at the global and regional levels and offers examples from specific economies that exemplify, or cut against, the...
This chapter on financial well-being presents the findings from the Global Findex 2021 survey related to financial resilience in the face of an unexpected expense. Specifically, the section presents answers...
The technological revolution, and the accelerated adoption of digital solutions as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, are transforming access to finance. Importantly, the digital revolution...
This note provides: (1) an overview of new manifestations of consumer risks that are significant and cross-cutting across four key fintech products: digital microcredit, peer-to-peer lending (P2PL), investment-based...
This instrument aims to collect comparable data on the Customer Due Diligence (CDD) practices and identification documents used by the financial service providers. CDD as specified in FATF Recommendation...
Financial Protection of Public Assets - A Practitioner's Guide for Public Officials is aimed as resource for government practitioners seeking to develop and implement a financial protection program on...
Ratings for the Financial Education and Financial Literacy Project for Russian Federation were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was satisfactory and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality...
Around the world, financial sector supervisors are experiencing a profound shift to data-driven supervision enabled by the next wave of technology and data solutions. While technology and data are not...
The development objectives of Financial Education and Financial Literacy are to: (i) improve the financial literacy of Russian citizens (especially, among the school-age and college students, and active...
In response to the 2008 global financial crisis, many countries recognized the importance of consumer protection, and they set up regulatory frameworks that emphasized short-term and easy-to-implement...