Digital Inclusion: The Role of Mobile Fintech Applications in Expanding Banking Services to Emerging Markets
Keywords:
Digital Inclusion; Mobile Fintech; Financial Inclusion; Emerging Markets; Mobile Money; Digital Banking; Unbanked Populations; Agent Banking; Consumer Protection; Proportional RegulationAbstract
Financial exclusion remains a persistent development challenge across emerging markets,where approximately 1.4 billion adults lack access to formal banking services despite two decades of traditional microfinance and branch expansion initiatives. Mobile financialtechnology (fintech) applications have emerged as a transformative alternative
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