Behavioural Biases: Driving a Wedge Between Access and Usage of Financial Services
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Date
2025
Authors
Osoro, Jared
Bundi, Davis
Kiplangat, Josea
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Publisher
AERC
Abstract
The noticeable strides that Kenya has made in financial inclusion underpins the assumption that access automatically translates into usage of digital financial services. The plausibility of this assumption is questionable given that demand for financial services is influenced by behavioural biases. Individual behavioural heterogeneity and self-exclusion attitude account for the differences in financial decision making, with biases creating the wedge that inhibit the usage of financial services even when there are no limitations of access. The implication of such biases is that households have a predisposition of making financial decisions that leads to less optimal welfare outcomes.