The Bahamas: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note on Financial Inclusion, Retail Payments, and SME Finance
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Summary:
The CBOB considers increased financial inclusion as a critical reform area. In this regard, the FSAP assessed developments in financial inclusion for individuals and enterprises (SME finance), retail payments and provides recommendations for improvements. A review of the market was undertaken using the Payment Aspects of Financial Inclusion (PAFI) framework covering areas such as the legal/regulatory framework and oversight, retail payment systems and instruments, access to transaction accounts and use cases, as well as SME policy, credit infrastructure, economic empowerment funds and consumer protection and financial literacy.
Series:
Country Report No. 2019/201
Subject:
Banking Credit Credit bureaus Financial inclusion Financial markets Financial services Money Payment systems
English
Publication Date:
July 1, 2019
ISBN/ISSN:
9781498323291/1934-7685
Stock No:
1BHSEA2019004
Pages:
52
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