The gap in access to financial services between men and women dropped to 4 percentage points for the first time in the past decade, according to the Global Findex Database 2021.
After great anticipation, the World Bank recently released 'The Global Findex Report 2021'. The Global Findex surveys over 125,000 adults in 123 economies during COVID-19 to better understand how people use formal and informal financial services and digital payment.