Given the increasingly digital environment for financial products and services, now further accelerated by responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the potential for digitalisation to support greater financial inclusion and inclusive growth, effective financial consumer protection is more...

Based on an overview of worldwide trends in the development of digital financial services, this report discusses the implications of the digitalisation of finance for financial education and relevant consumer protection issues. It also explores the challenges and opportunities resulting from...

This report examines the factors that contribute to youth financial inclusion and the role of digital financial services in meeting young people’s financial needs. It then explores opportunities and challenges relating to advancing youth digital financial inclusion. The report sets out a range...

Technology and digitalisation have been transforming the way in which the financial sector is operating over the past years. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development of digital technologies in all sectors, in particular in finance, as both households and firms have ncreasingly...

This report examines FinTech applications and use cases in the Asian region and provides an overview of the most recent and prominent digital innovations in finance. It reviews policy tools used by jurisdictions in the region, and suggests policy responses intended to support financial...

Housing finance markets in Central and Eastern European countries are typically small in scale and under-developed, though it is generally recognized that fostering housing finance markets contributes to economic development and brings social benefits to the public. This book presents a...