Ensuring financial inclusion should be part of 'business as usual' for banks

摘要

Banks are an integral part of every economy and every society. Their role is not merely to further people's material well-being - though that is vitally important. The value of banks runs deeper. Human rights and democracy reach their full potential only where there is economic inclusion for all. That in turn requires financial inclusion - access to basic financial products and services that people in every advanced society take for granted. Yet in the world today, 2 billion people are 'unbanked' -they lack access to these vital services.