Financial Inclusion Across Asia

Muhammad Ali

ISBN 10: 1837533059 / ISBN 13: 9781837533053

Published by Emerald Publishing Limited, GB, 2023

About this Item

The term financial inclusion describes an individual's ability to obtain effective and inexpensive financial products and services that match their demands, whilst extending to include businesses access to finances to enable planning for long-term goals or unpredictable emergencies. This allows micro, small, and medium-sized businesses to access financial products on a sustainable basis for a reasonable price. Financial Inclusion Across Asia provides thought-provoking studies centred around Asia and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Some of the many topics discussed in this collection include financial inclusion in under-served markets, financial inclusion products and services, financial inclusion for sustainable and responsible business, micro, small, and medium-sized business practices. The chapter authors consider Artificial Intelligence, Block Chain and Robotics in financial inclusion for businesses, and financial inclusion in the Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0.This collection of studies is useful for social scientists, students, academicians, academic institutions, policymakers, and other related stakeholders. It is also appropriate for practitioners or financial sector stakeholders to discover potential business opportunities of financial inclusion products and services, allowing them to strategically incorporate the SDGs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Financial Inclusion Across Asia
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, GB
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1837533059
• ISBN 13: 9781837533053
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 343 grams

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Synopsis

The term financial inclusion describes an individual’s ability to obtain effective and inexpensive financial products and services that match their demands, whilst extending to include businesses access to finances to enable planning for long-term goals or unpredictable emergencies. This allows micro, small, and medium-sized businesses to access financial products on a sustainable basis for a reasonable price. Financial Inclusion Across Asia provides thought-provoking studies centred around Asia and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Some of the many topics discussed in this collection include financial inclusion in under-served markets, financial inclusion products and services, financial inclusion for sustainable and responsible business, micro, small, and medium-sized business practices. The chapter authors consider Artificial Intelligence, Block Chain and Robotics in financial inclusion for businesses, and financial inclusion in the Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0.

This collection of studies is useful for social scientists, students, academicians, academic institutions, policymakers, and other related stakeholders. It is also appropriate for practitioners or financial sector stakeholders to discover potential business opportunities of financial inclusion products and services, allowing them to strategically incorporate the SDGs.

About the Author

Leong Choi-Meng is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate Business School, UCSI University, Malaysia.

Muhammad Ali is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Accounting and Finance, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

Syed Ali Raza a is a Full Professor of Finance at the Iqra University Karachi, Pakistan.

Chin-Hong Puah is a Professor cum Chief Executive Officer at the UNIMAS Business School, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).

Ibrahim Halil Eksi is a Professor of Finance at the University of Gaziantep, Turkey.