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Media In / Amman 21 April 2018
Jordan offers 2017 financial inclusion indices compared to 2014, according to the Global Fund’s Global Financial Index, recently released by the World Bank.
The report, issued every three years, shows that Jordan provides 42.5 per cent of adults (over 15) in 2017, compared to 24.6 per cent in 2014.
According to the index, the number of users of mobile payment accounts rose to 1.1 percent from 0.5 percent for the comparative period.
According to the index, according to the personal profiles of individuals, the percentage of women with a bank account was 26.6%. The index of financial inclusion for adults from the low income bracket rose to 32.9%, a significant increase within the strategy of the Central Bank and its partners aimed at empowering this group economically and socially. , And the financial coverage of residents in rural areas rose to 46.1 percent, far higher than the 36.9 percent for the Middle East and North Africa, close to global proportions. The index showed an increase in the electronic payment and arrest movements of the Kingdom to 32.5 percent, which is higher than the global average of 29.2 percent and a rise of about 150 percent from 2014 to 13 percent, a translation of the efforts of the Central Bank of Jordan and the Kingdom aimed at digital transformation in the financial, . In terms of inactive accounts (stagnant), the index showed that it stood at 5 percent for the comparative period, while at the regional level it was 7.1 percent and the world 21.6 percent.
