Digital wallets hold great promise for societies trying to bring underserved populations into the financial mainstream. Nowhere is the potential greater than in India, home …
Financial Literacy Seen as Fix for Income Inequality in South Africa
August 2, 2017
Financial literacy advocates took advantage of South Africa’s National Savings Month in July to urge business leaders there to get on board with financial education …
Gut Consumer Bureau? Financial Literacy May Get Caught in Crossfire
June 14, 2017
The financial literacy movement is too big to collapse. But a new Treasury Department report that takes aim at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could …
Uganda’s Small-Country Blueprint for Raising Financial Literacy
April 21, 2017
The Bank of Uganda began taking financial literacy seriously four years ago—seizing on a 2011 study documenting individuals’ poor access to financial products. Today, the …
The Real Reason Kuala Lumpur is Pushing Financial Literacy
January 26, 2017
With its niche in Islamic finance, Malaysia seems bent on making Kuala Lumpur a global city and financial hub to rival its southern neighbor Singapore. …