Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266848 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Financial Internet Quarterly [ISSN:] 2719-3454 [Volume:] 16 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Sciendo [Place:] Warsaw [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-11
Publisher: 
Sciendo, Warsaw
Abstract: 
This paper examines digital finance usage in the UK, US, India and Nigeria. Using data from the global financial development indicators, the findings reveal that the UK and US have higher digital finance usage than India and Nigeria. The US has higher credit card usage compared to the UK while the UK has higher debit card usage compared to the US. Also, Nigeria has higher debit card usage than India. The findings also show that higher debit card usage is correlated with higher domestic credit to the private sector in the US and Nigeria. Higher credit card usage is correlated with lower domestic credit to the private sector, lower private credit by deposit money banks, and fewer remittances to the UK. The implication of the findings is that policy makers in developing countries should develop the digital finance and payment systems in their countries to close up the wide gap in digital finance adoption between developing and developed countries
Subjects: 
Fintech
Digital finance
Credit card
Debit card
Payment system
Digital financial services
financial technology
financial institutions
JEL: 
E44
F65
G18
G21
G28
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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