Jerry Buckland: 2 books
Hard Choices
Financial Exclusion, Fringe Banks and Poverty in Urban Canada
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
When low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up turning to ‘fringe banks,’ such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some or all of their financial transactions. This predicament of ‘financial exclusion’ – faced by those underserved by conventional financial...
Building Financial Resilience
Do Credit and Finance Schemes Serve or Impoverish Vulnerable People?
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
This book examines how credit and finance schemes affect the financial lives of vulnerable people around the world. These schemes include payday lending, matched savings, and financial literacy in the Global North, and micro-credit and mobile banking in the Global South. Buckland sets these schemes...