{"id":16178,"date":"2021-09-05T15:11:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T09:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/?p=16178"},"modified":"2021-09-05T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T09:11:23","slug":"fintech-in-bangladesh-women-arent-around-where-are-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/fintech-in-bangladesh-women-arent-around-where-are-they","title":{"rendered":"FINTECH IN BANGLADESH: WOMEN AREN&#8217;T AROUND, WHERE ARE THEY?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better access to financial services may boost the employment opportunities of individuals, the<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">building of wealth and the chance of establishing a company. Despite this, women across the<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">globe are still under-banked or unbanked compared with men. But for women in Bangladesh, it<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is long been a success story with 90% of MFI customers representing women. 35% of<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladeshi Women have a bank account in terms of formal financial services that is above<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Asia&#8217;s regional average (Global Findex).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, new financial technology or \u2018fintech&#8217; is being hailed as a way to improve financial<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inclusion and reduce the gender gap in access to financial services all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conventional financial institutions and rising fintech companies say that by using new<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technology and non-traditional information, they are able to provide innovative solutions better<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tailored to customer needs for a lower cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Bangladesh, however, the situation is quite different. Women account for just 18% of digital<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">financing users, with less accounts registered. This is confusing, given that digital financial<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">services have expanded enormously, now owning more than 21 million registered accounts. So<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the question arises, where are the women?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite substantial investments in mobile platforms and some notable achievements in<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">digitizing payments and transfers, women often encounter challenges in accessing and utilizing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">digital financial services. Indeed, according to the GSMA (2015), women are 14 per cent less<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">likely than males to possess a mobile phone. So, why do gender gaps persist in the fintech<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ecosystem?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There answer lies in these concerns:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> WOMEN&#8217;S PHONE OWNERSHIP AND USE:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the GSMA, Bangladesh has approximately 50% unique subscriber penetration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MFI field workers, on the other hand, indicate that the majority of low-income families have just<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one phone. Bangladesh society is primarily a male dominant society and as a consequence of<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this, most families are headed by males. So the mobile is typically carried by the spouse or older male children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> VERY FEW FEMALE AGENTS:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women have less mobility than males, and there are cultural obstacles to reaching out to agents<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in male-dominated marketplaces. Also, there is a clear preference for female agents among<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">women as they feel comfortable making transactions. As only 3% of the agents are female, so<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the women user base is lower in Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> THINKS IT\u2019S RISKY:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women are less likely to embrace new financial technology, regardless of whether it is provided<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by new or existing companies. Also, attitudes may reflect societal norms that influence the<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cost-benefit trade-off differently across genders within a culture. For example, if women are<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more concerned about the implications of a data breach, it may be prudent to avoid services<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that involve personal data collecting and processing, even if they provide cheaper or better<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">goods.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> POOR FINANCIAL LITERACY:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to IFC, only 4 per cent of respondents had received formal financial literacy training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those who received training were more likely to have bank accounts and performed more<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transactions compared to those who did not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what to do now? Firstly, ensuring accessibility. The service providers need to proactively<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recruit female agents At the same time, introducing a digital credit product and a recurring<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deposit product, as well as forming relationships with MFIs, are the suggestions that would have<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the most effect in terms of increasing the number of registered female users. Finally, MFS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should focus on strengthening existing and prospective clients&#8217; financial capabilities by initiating<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MFS awareness and use initiatives as part of the financial literacy program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the writer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Asir Faisal<\/strong><\/em> is a technology enthusiast and seasoned entrepreneur who believes in building a bigger table by utilising the power of data for good, wherever he goes. Currently, he is working as the Operation Lead of a reputed firm in Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reference Research &amp; Data:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Closing the Gender Gap: Opportunities for the Women\u2019s Mobile Financial Services<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market in Bangladesh &#8211; IFC<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Microfinance and Women Empowerment: A Panel Data Analysis Using Evidence from<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rural Bangladesh;DOI: 10.5539\/ijef.v3n5p86<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Images used in the articles are under the copyright of <strong>Amit Rudro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women account for just 18% of digital financing users, with less accounts registered. 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