Financial and Monetary Systems

How inclusive is the global financial system?

Global Findex shows account ownership has grown across the globe and three out of four adults worldwide today have a financial account.

Global Findex shows account ownership has grown across the globe and three out of four adults worldwide today have a financial account. Image: Unsplash/CardMapr.nl

Asli Demirgüç-Kunt
Leora Klapper
Lead Economist, World Bank
Dorothe Singer
Economist, Development Research Group
Saniya Ansar
Economist , Development Research Group, World Bank
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Global Findex 2021 data show that in developing economies, 20 percent of adults received a wage payment—from the private sector or from the government
Global Findex 2021 data show that in developing economies, 20 percent of adults received a wage payment—from the private sector or from the government Image: Global Findex Database 2021.

Global Findex 2021 data find that 165 million unbanked adults received private sector wage payments in cash only
Global Findex 2021 data find that 165 million unbanked adults received private sector wage payments in cash only Image: Global Findex Database 2021.
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