ABSTRACT
Financial inclusion is critical as it empowers individuals, fosters economic stability, and promotes inclusive growth by granting all access to essential financial services. The progress and efforts toward digital financial inclusion should synchronise and contribute to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Infrastructure facilitate access to financial services and serves as a catalyst to expand financial services, reaching underserved communities, however many developing countries lack the infrastructure required. The study aims to understand how components of infrastructure, such as physical and technological, influence the accessibility, availability, and effectiveness of financial services. The paper integratively reviews existing studies in Scopus on the role of infrastructure in financial inclusion. The synthesis highlighted the infrastructure required, the significance of connectivity between technologies and strategic coordination in infrastructure provision to enhance financial inclusion, thus enabling sustainable economic development. The findings will be beneficial to policymakers in developing countries in devising effective strategies to expand access to financial services.
