We expect the survey to provide us with a better understanding of MSME access to finance and support evidence-based policymaking. To appreciate the value of data for financial inclusion, we may look at alternative data for credit scoring as a promising use case. One challenge in securing credit is that forecasting creditworthiness traditionally involves analysis of the historical credit exposure of a borrower.
This astonishing increase in foreign exchange market trading which is not directly linked to transactions in the real economy has a number of different reasons. Explaining factors are likely to be increasing investor orientation towards cross-border investments as well as a more active investment management and the growing importance of hedge funds. 1 Overall, countries’ financial openness has increased significanty.