The Business Year

WHILE WE SEE SOME INITIATIVE­S

- Francisco Souto FOUNDER & SENIOR ADVISOR, GAPI SOCIEDADE DE INVESTIMEN­TOS AND CHAIRMAN, MOZAMBICAN ASSOCIATIO­N OF OPERATORS OF MICRO-FINANCE (AMOMIF)

on the front of informal financial products, I believe the strategy should be on how to make the formal financial system more inclusive. Unfortunat­ely, what we see now is that, due to regulation­s, banks exclude people based on the lack of proper ID. We need to allow for greater flexibilit­y with regards to customers. Principles and regulation are important, but we need to attend the reality of our society if we want to bridge the gap of inclusion.

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