Thursday, June 7, 2012

How to attract non-banks to financial services

..... India’s formal financial services sector is yet to meet the growing needs of a large part of the population. When it comes to domestic remittances, 57% of migrant workers in India use hawala couriers and other informal channels to remit money, according to a recent study. Another perspective is India’s informal lending economy. Analysts estimate that almost 40% of the participants in India’s informal economy resort to chit funds, barter and moneylenders for financing.It’s logical that an informal sector thrives in the absence of convenient, reliable, speedy and regulated financial services..........

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