55% of all new bank accounts opened from India: World Bank
Of the 51.4 crore bank accounts opened from 2014-17 globally, 55% are from India, Banking Secretary Rajeev Kumar said citing a World Bank report. The report also highlights that gender gap in account openers in India fell from 20% in 2014 to 6% in 2017. It said this was due to "strong government push to increase account ownership" through Aadhaar.