A major deterrent for many unbanked people is the cost of using formal financial systems. The underbanked individuals nonetheless do conduct transactions, typically using cash.
Financial inclusion has been a goal that the financial services community in Nigeria has worked assiduously to achieve for about a decade, as a way of ensuring that the unbanked populace is no longer excluded from the many benefits of being captured in the system.
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