this process. Improved access to finance creates an environment conducive to new firm entry, innovation, and growth …

how to implement consumer consent protocols to access bank account data under open banking scenarios …

This paper discusses rural finance aspects of the World Bank's rural development strategy, "Reaching the Rural Poor … highlighting priorities for the future. The primary objective is to articulate how the Bank views current best practices in rural … countries, Bank staff, and other donor agencies. In the process, it provides some operational guidance on the types of …

In 2007-08 Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the central bank of Afghanistan, was in the process of reforming the financial …: reputable private investors; small and medium entrepreneurs; BRAC, a microfinance institution; Kabul Bank, a fast growing … commercial bank; and Bank Millie, a state-owned bank. The examination of each institution will address the factors that have …

providing access to basic bank accounts to the majority of the population and credit to small and medium enterprises. Increasing …

Findex) database providing country-level indicators on the use of formal bank accounts, payments behavior, savings patterns …

of financial services compared with other regions. "--World Bank web site …