The phrase "digital finance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to financial services and transactions that are conducted through digital platforms and technologies.
Example: "The rise of digital finance has transformed the way consumers manage their money and make investments."
Alternatives: "online finance" or "fintech solutions."
Still, enthusiasm surrounding digital finance must be tempered with caution.
Mike McCaffrey, principal consultant - strategic operations for digital finance, The Helix Institute of Digital Finance, Nairobi, Kenya, @MobileMcCaffrey Mike provides digital finance research, training and consulting services to banks and telecom companies.
Mike McCaffrey, principal consultant - strategic operations for digital finance, The Helix Institute of Digital Finance, Nairobi, Kenya, @MobileMcCaffrey Reduce the barriers to sign-up: The bigger the barriers for opening a "wallet", the more people will prefer agent-based transactions.
The rise of mobile banking and digital finance has also lifted many poor people out of financial exclusion.
In the fast lane: innovations in digital finance (International Finance Corporation/The MasterCard Foundation) What do women want?
Nambuwani Wasike, research associate, Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) - Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya Wasike is a research specialist focusing on digital finance.
But there are dozens of startups and larger companies with innovative ideas who are approaching these challenges in new ways using digital finance.
In Kenya, for example, mobile-money services like M-Pesa have emerged in response to the absence of consumer banks, giving millions of Africans access to digital finance.
Younger people, especially, see more alluring opportunities in digital technology, finance or health care.
No one in the group has any significant experience in print properties, although they have abundant digital and finance expertise.
The patent auction comes at the same time that Yahoo is weighing offers for Internet operations that include its email service and digital sports, finance and news sections.
