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The Unbanked According to the World Bank – Financial Inclusion Report

The 2014 Financial Inclusion Global Findex infographic shows a clear picture on the challenges to solve the common issues the unbanked population across the globe has to affront.

We believe Block Chain based companies have a huge opportunity to drive innovation with practical and easy to adopt applications that can serve millions of users around the world.

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Source: www.worldbank.org/globalfindex

Download the full report about Global Financial Inclusion 2014 issued by the World Bank’s Findex in our Knowledge Center.

Max Garcia
CryptorTrust

Millenials Are Changing the Financial Industry…Forever!

Five key facts explain why Millenials are the major agent of change in the future of the global financial industry. We see endless opportunities for innovation in several FinTech areas like payments, credit/financing and insurance.

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5 KEY FACTS

– 33% of Millennials think banks will be unnecessary in five years from now
– 14% of Millenial small business owners use alternative financing rather than traditional banks
– Less than half of Millenials have a credit card
– Only half expect to use cash on a weekly basis by 2020
– 50% are counting on tech startups to overhaul banks

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The infographic is part of the recently published Goldman Sachs’ Investment Research Report – The Future of Finance – Part III “The Socialization of Finance”. Find the full report in our Knowledge Center.

Following Wikipedia’s publication, “Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation or Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and ends. Researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.”

Max Garcia
CryptorTrust