Financial inclusion (FI) in India was introduced in the year 2005 by RBI, highlighting its importance and role in the Annual Policy Statement. The concept of this model was to reach out to the under-banked and unbanked population in India while serving them with the basic amenities in banking. Considering a major population that remains…
With the banking sector shifting towards digital channels to serve its customers further, there is still a large group that remains unbanked even today. Unbanked or under-banked people are those that are deprived of accessing minimal financial services or do not receive affordable banking facilities. An astonishing fact by the World Bank highlights, “Around 2…
Business correspondent (BC) model was introduced with a view to transform the lives of rural population. The basic idea behind this model to be brought to India was to empower the unbanked and under-banked population by providing them with financial services at their doorsteps. With the evolution of this model, a lot is expected to…
In January 2006, the Reserve Bank of India issued a set of rules enabling banks to utilize two classes of middlemen for the banks and financial institutions to serve the unbanked or under-banked population with basic financial facilities – Business Correspondents (BCs) and Business Facilitators (BFs). Under financial inclusion schemes, the BCs represent bank as…