Financial transactions - payments, savings, borrowing, and insurance - are the basis of most of our daily activities, whether we are rich or poor. Poor households, those living onless than $2 a day, are forced to cope with income that comes in unpredictables amounts and at uncertain times, requiring that they manage their money carefully to ensure they can meet the daily necessities for food and shelter.  Despite needing safe, secure and reliable financial tools, an estimated 2.7 billion working-age adults globally do not have access to formal financial services.

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