This availability of financial products and services is not only for society in general, but importantly, for the vulnerable groups, such as, weaker sections, small business units and low income groups as well. Such small customers do provide a big & stable market for retail deposits and other credit and third party products.
It could reverse the process of global economic integration that has supported growth and widespread poverty reduction over the last two decades. Within economies, the hesitancy of firms to invest reflects in part low confidence that their banks will be there to provide credit through the cycle.