Financial products and services play a significant role in enabling consumers to build their resilience, seize opportunities, and meet essential needs. However, consumers also face risks when engaging...
Costa Rica experienced rapid growth in consumer credit over the past decade, followed by a contraction in recent years. Household credit grew from 30% to 37% of GDP from 2011 to 2021, in line with overall...
This note provides: (1) an overview of new manifestations of consumer risks that are significant and cross-cutting across four key fintech products: digital microcredit, peer-to-peer lending (P2PL), investment-based...
Chile has achieved high levels of financial inclusion relative to its level of economic development across a number of headline indicators. Unlike in other countries, gaps in account ownership between...
Fintech is increasingly recognized as a key enabler for financial sectors worldwide, enabling more efficient and competitive financial markets while expanding access to finance for traditionally underserved...
Around the world, financial sector supervisors are experiencing a profound shift to data-driven supervision enabled by the next wave of technology and data solutions. While technology and data are not...
Women in Sri Lanka have achieved high levels of human development and education. Yet surprising gaps in their progress remain. For instance, the majority of Sri Lankan women still rely on the informal...
Ethiopia’s financial sector has, over the past decade, been operating under a financial repression framework used by the government for managing its monetary and foreign exchange policy, and financing...
This technical note provides practical guidance to policy makers seeking to develop key facts statements (KFSs) for consumer credit products. Disclosure and transparency are the cornerstone of financial...
Over the past decade, financial consumer protection has become an increasingly mainstream priority for policymakers. A strong consumer protection regime is key to ensuring that expanded access to financial...
Данная техническая записка призвана помочь политикам и регулирующим органам, стремящимся создать департамент по надзору в сфере защиты потребителей финансовых услуг (ДНЗПФУ) в рамках основного финансового...
This technical note is intended to assist policymakers and regulators seeking to establish a financial consumer protection supervision department (FCPSD) within the main financial regulatory body of a...
In East Africa, a micro-borrower who goes to pay off his loan early is surprised by a hefty prepayment penalty that was not mentioned in his loan agreement. A small business owner in Southeast Asia becomes...
In East Africa, a micro-borrower who goes to pay off his loan early is surprised by a hefty prepayment penalty that was not mentioned in his loan agreement. A small business owner in Southeast Asia becomes...