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"Segmenting the Markets for Savings Among the Poor Across Countries"

This report from Bankable Frontier Associates, a consulting firm based in Boston, includes findings that: (a) the "strong take-up in South Africa of a new category of basic bank accounts demonstrates the strong desire for appropriate formal products among those who have never banked before;" and (b) "merely opening or having a savings account is not the same as using it regularly."