{"id":15063,"date":"2020-06-22T12:13:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T12:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=15063"},"modified":"2020-06-22T12:13:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T12:13:26","slug":"the-importance-of-fintech-in-emerging-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/the-importance-of-fintech-in-emerging-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of FinTech in emerging markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FinTech services have quickly become fundamentally important for continued development in emerging markets. This is largely due to the fact that access to financial services for many in these countries, especially those living in more rural areas, occurs thanks to FinTech solutions that allow consumers to interact with financial institutions remotely. But the impact of COVID-19 has served to underscore the importance of such channels for making financial services available as access to physical locations has been cut off (or at least severely restricted) for an increasing number of consumers in emerging markets. While some FinTechs are struggling, others are prepared to help usher in a new reality and show these markets (and the world) a new model for doing business and living day-to-day life.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-15063 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Startups\u2019 thoughts on the impact of COVID-19'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/startups-thoughts-on-the-impact-of-covid-19\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Entrepreneur-digitalmeetup-on-How-are-Startups-Gearing-for-the-Post-COVID-World--150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14968\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14968'>\n\t\t\t\tStartups\u2019 thoughts on the impact of COVID-19\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Mobile banking trends in Eastern Europe and Central Asia'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/mobile-banking-trends-in-eastern-europe-and-central-asia\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Mobile-banking-trends-in-Eastern-Europe-and-Central-Asia-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-6780\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Mobile-banking-trends-in-Eastern-Europe-and-Central-Asia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Mobile-banking-trends-in-Eastern-Europe-and-Central-Asia-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-6780'>\n\t\t\t\tMobile banking trends in Eastern Europe and Central Asia\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor 1st \u2013 8th February'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-1st-8th-february\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11172e61-d614-428a-a333-cbcfa6cd71f51-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15761\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15761'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor 1st \u2013 8th February\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FinTech services have quickly become fundamentally important for continued development in emerging markets. This is largely due to the fact that access to financial services for many in these countries, especially those living in more rural areas, occurs thanks to FinTech solutions that allow consumers to interact with financial institutions remotely. But the impact of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[546],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15065,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15063\/revisions\/15065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}