The Philippines remains among the global leaders in efforts to improve financial inclusion, according to the Global Microscope 2020 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research arm of The Economist Group.
This was revealed on Friday by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which said the country ranked second in Asia, next to India, and eighth worldwide, tied with Brazil, in the EIU study, which assessed the financial inclusion environment in 55 countries.
The EIU study rated countries across five aspects, namely government and policy, stability and integrity, products and outlets, consumer protection, and infrastructure.
Together with Thailand and Russia, the Philipp…
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