Basic financial services: A new service of general economic interest?

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 332-339

  Gómez Barroso, José Luis ^a   Marbán Flores, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

basic payment account; financial exclusion; services of general economic interest; unbanked; universal service

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84879720653     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928712471226     Document Type: Article

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