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The Federal Reserve estimated there are 55 million unbanked or underbanked adult Americans in 2018, which account for 22 percent of U.S. households. [2] [3] One report found the nationwide rates to be 7.7% unbanked and 17.9% underbanked, with the most unbanked state Mississippi, at 16.4%.
Being unbanked means that no one in the household has a checking or savings account at a financial institution, such as bank or credit union. Believe it or not, being unbanked isn't exactly rare...
Financial inclusion is the availability and equality of opportunities to access financial services. [1] It refers to processes by which individuals and businesses can access appropriate, affordable, and timely financial products and services—which include banking, loan, equity, and insurance products.
The FDIC breaks down data of unbanked households, showing that of the total population surveyed, 4 percent of households are longer-term unbanked, meaning they haven’t had a bank account for at ...
Measuring financial access is essential for strengthening the link between theory and empirical evidence. Currently, the main proxy variables that measure financial access include: the number of bank accounts per 1,000 adults, number of bank branches per 100,000 adults, the percentage of firms with line of credit (large and small firms). [5]
Roughly 5.9 million households in the U.S. are unbanked, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). That means no one living in the household has a checking account or savings ...
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One-third (33 percent) of unbanked households in 2023 cited a reason related to fees or a minimum balance as the main reason for not having an account at a bank. These included bank fees being too ...