Financial Inclusion in the Technology-Led Globalization Age

Cross-border retail payments and prospects for the Arab region

114 pages

This study explores various prospects and opportunities that the Buna Platform, an Arab regional payment and settlement platform, can provide in expanding access and usage of financial services, provides some high-level recommendations on what need to be implemented at both policy level and market players, including the development of mobile payment platforms as well as a regional digital settlement currency, all with ultimate objective of supporting the financial inclusion agenda in the Arab region.

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By Habib Attia

Published

April 2020

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