{"title":"Using Broadband to Enhance Financial Inclusion","authors":"Ignacio Mas","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.1555053","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an overview of the potential for and constraints to using broadband channels and applications to increase financial inclusion globally and specifically in Latin America. We review ten different financial service opportunity areas, including savings services with enhanced personalization options, merchant cash advances, P2P lending and crowdfunding platforms, online lenders leveraging users' digital footprint, and financial education.","PeriodicalId":417524,"journal":{"name":"FEN: Other International Corporate Finance (Topic)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"FEN: Other International Corporate Finance (Topic)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.1555053","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the potential for and constraints to using broadband channels and applications to increase financial inclusion globally and specifically in Latin America. We review ten different financial service opportunity areas, including savings services with enhanced personalization options, merchant cash advances, P2P lending and crowdfunding platforms, online lenders leveraging users' digital footprint, and financial education.