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Category Archives: G20
If Bill Gates can do it, why can’t we?
Over 2.5 billion adults do not have a formal savings account. Banking them is an enormous responsibility – and opportunity – for us, the world’s savings and retail banks. Thus on 11 May, wrapping up the 2012 WSBI Congress in … Continue reading
Posted in Doubling the number of savings accounts in the hands of the poor, Financial Education, Financial inclusion, G20, Retail banking, WSBI Congress
Tagged access to finance, banks, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, financial inclusion, Low income, marrakech declaration, poor, Retail Banking, retail banks, rural areas, savings, savings accounts, The poor, unbanked, WSBI, Youth
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Emulating William Tell: Will the G20 tackle the financial crisis without harming the retail banking model?
Legend has it that William Tell was a crack shot. Forced to shoot an apple off his son’s head, he did just that, avoiding execution and gaining his freedom, without harming a hair on his son’s head. Can regulators do … Continue reading
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