By Lucidity Insights Research Team • January 07, 2023
Emerging Markets have been dominating in terms of global fintech adoption, whereas only 3 developed markets are in the top 10. South Africa showed significant improvement in fintech adoption (+47%) between 2017 to 2019, jumping from 35% adoption to 82% adoption in two years. France had the least amount of fintech adoption improvement in the same time frame, only improving by 8%.
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