Tapping the potential of the unbanked - private sector interest increases

Banks increasingly recognize that the unbanked, individuals who do not have bank accounts, represent a significant untapped market for financial products and services. As a result, they are beginning to tailor their product offerings to draw the unbanked into the financial mainstream. Public sector financial l iteracy programs provide impor tant suppor t for these effor ts. ESSAYS ON ISSUES THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK JANUARY 2003 OF CHICAGO NUMBER 185a