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True...ish.

Many illegal workers don't have accounts and either can't get them or don't trust banks.

Many of the poor get paid directly in cash for various reasons; you'd have to convince some of them that they need an account.

Then there's the whole criminal enterprise thing, a not inconsequential chunk of the economy.



I’m not really sure any of this actually explains a majority of the unbanked. Sure, it explains why people engaged in illicit trade don’t use a bank, but I find it hard to believe that is a sufficient explanation, especially when compared to lack of identification, perceptions of banks, and perhaps lack viable products (eg A checking account with “$25 maintenance fee waved if you keep a balance of $500 or more” is out of reach for the paycheck to paycheck crowd.)




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