Fostering digital equity and inclusion
Digital equity and inclusion is the assurance that all individuals and businesses are provided opportunities to participate in, and receive, full benefits from digital platforms.
Pillar Overview
The pandemic has exposed troubling disparities in how people and small businesses can access and use digital technology, as well as the significant barriers communities must overcome to receive the benefits of digitization.
For Visa, digital equity and inclusion rests on two overarching foundations: enablement and the ecosystem.
Enablement refers to the action of giving someone the authority or means to do something and is the result of knowledge and skills, access to resources, and equity in opportunity. And ecosystem refers to the physical infrastructure, human networks, and governance frameworks that interact powerfully in today’s hyper-connected digital world. The Visa Economic Empowerment Institute (VEEI) draws on Visa’s experience to bring policy recommendations that reduce inequalities and remove barriers to inclusion.
VEEI Articles on Digital Equity
Expanding opportunities through enhanced equity
Visa is guided by our mission to connect the world to enable individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. VEEI will explore the manner in which two foundational elements – “enablement” and “ecosystems” – interact to affect how people, micro and small businesses, and communities use and benefit from digital payments and technology. We will provide policy recommendations to encourage faster movement of governments, businesses, and individuals toward the goal of digital equity and financial inclusion.
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