Extending access to the formal financial system: the banking correspondent business model

Noelia Camara, David Tuesta and Pablo Urbiola Ortun

No 1510, Working Papers from BBVA Bank, Economic Research Department

Abstract: New ways of understanding banking, technological improvements, and regulation yield new means of interaction between customers and banks through outsourcing agreements. This paper provides the first harmonised database with information on the number of banking correspondents by country, which helps in measuring access to the formal financial system.

JEL-codes: G21 L23 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2015-04
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