Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean : Stocktaking /

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financial technology has been growing rapidly and is on the agenda of many policy makers. Fintech provides opportunities to deepen financial development, competition, innovation, and inclusion in the region but also creates new and only partially understood...

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Main Author: Berkmen, Pelin
Other Authors: Arze del Granado, Javier, Beaton, Kimberly, Gershenson, Dmitry
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/071
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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