2 The Prominence and Dominance of Financial Services

DOI: 10.4324/9781003198109-2

The financial services industry is extremely powerful and profitable. Its influence means it can pioneer and lead gender equality to role model diverse practices in our society, practices that are economically beneficial to all.

Financial services is the business of services relating to money and investments.1 There are a broad range of products and services, including deposits, payments, credit, insurance, financial investing, financial broking and the burgeoning financial technology that facilitates the transactions. It is a huge, evolving and powerful industry that has its fingers in every pie. It is practically impossible to live as an individual or function ...

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