4  The World Bank estimates that about 2.5 billion people do not have access to banking services. 5  Henry, Huynh, and Shen (2014). 6  Jiang and Shao (2014). BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  comparison with the more than 21 million debit and credit card transactions that occur each day in Canada alone.
The new bill will be complemented by a number of regulations and directives, to help enhance the environment for the conduct of banking.