Increasing financial inclusion in rural India: The role of banking correspondents

December 26, 2013
Ankur Sohanpal

Means of saving in urban India is usually through bank deposits. In the parallel economy of rural India, people invest in cattle. This trend is being changed by banking correspondents, agents who supply products by several banks in rural areas, in the absence of banks’ physical presence. However, despite their massive coverage in rural India, financial inclusion is still a challenge: 80-90% of accounts opened by BCs remain dormant. Read more here.



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