During the last decade, there has been tremendous growth in mobile penetration in many countries across the globe and most interestingly in a number of developing countries. On the other hand around, half of the world’s population is deprived of banking and financial services. This paper is...

During the last decade, there has been tremendous growth in mobile penetration in many countries across the globe including a number of developing countries. The total number of mobile subscription 5 billion by the end of 2010 and is further expected to grow multi-folds. On the other hand,...

This report demonstrates that financial cooperatives can be sustainable providers of financial services in rural areas and development assistance needs to consider supporting them as a means to enhance access to rural finance. It does not suggest that financial cooperatives are the only...

After the advent of self-service technologies in Indian banking sector, there has been a significant change in customers' service consumption pattern. As banking service has gone through a positive technological change, it should also be noted that any such change is not considered good unless...

The present study attempts to measure the financial availability, usage and extent of financial inclusion in rural Marathwada. In this study primary and secondary data are used to construct the overall financial inclusion index (FII) for Marathwada region. For a detailed study, two districts...