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Modernizing the payment system to increase financial inclusion in India

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  • Sean Creehan

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Payments in India remain heavily cash reliant. This dependence creates economic inefficiencies and limits efforts to include the unbanked in the formal financial system. In response, the government has introduced a number of policies to promote non-cash payments, bolster the payments infrastructure, provide hundreds of millions of new payment-capable accounts to the unbanked, and encourage new technology and innovation by non-traditional firms. This Asia Focus reviews the role non-cash payments can play in India?s financial inclusion efforts, summarizes recent government policies to develop a national payment system that includes the unbanked, and assesses the challenges and implications of ongoing reforms.

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  • Sean Creehan, 2016. "Modernizing the payment system to increase financial inclusion in India," Asia Focus, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue March.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedfaf:0012
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