Exploring Access to Financial Services by Visually Impaired People

Sam Goundar () and Milind Sathye
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Sam Goundar: Department of Information Technology, School of Science and Technology, RMIT University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
Milind Sathye: Department of Banking and Finance, School of Business, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia

JRFM, 2023, vol. 16, issue 2, 1-7

Abstract: Though consumers with vulnerabilities, such as visually impaired or blind and partially sighted people (BPSP), face several marketplace problems and challenges, existing literature provides limited guidance. The present study aims to examine the issues faced by BPSP in accessing financial services in Fiji. The study is grounded in the digital divide literature and reports that BPSP do face many hurdles in accessing financial services. We suggest that appropriate policies and industry initiatives could help mitigate the severe vulnerability faced by this cohort of the population in Fiji. We envisage that similar studies in other developing countries are required on an urgent basis to understand the international ramifications of the problem.

Keywords: financial inclusion; financial development; financial services; digital banking; digital access; digital divide; disability ICT; visually impaired digital banking access (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C E F2 F3 G (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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