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Fintech Beat: Mapping financial inclusion

Fintech Beat, Ep. 40

Financial inclusion is the holy grail of fintech—though what it is, and how it’s delivered, differs dramatically depending on where in the world one lives.
Financial inclusion is the holy grail of fintech—though what it is, and how it’s delivered, differs dramatically depending on where in the world one lives. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted February 18, 2020 at 7:12am

Financial inclusion is the holy grail of fintech — though what it is and how it’s delivered differs dramatically depending on where in the world one lives. Fintech Beat sits down with Citi’s Head of Global Banks Research to talk about his new report, Banking the Next Billion: Digital Financial Inclusion in Action — and how the U.S. measures up when compared to the likes of India, China, Kenya and Nigeria.

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