However, while many firms seek to provide accessibility to basic financial services to the masses, not quite so many have sharpened their focus and risen to the challenge of making financial services more accessible and easier to use for disabled or vulnerable people who may be in need of more specialised products and services.
A quick Google search will tell you that while there are some start-ups serving this segment exclusively, the number of such start-ups is far from satisfactory.
This lack of options, coupled with lived experiences, has driven some founders towards building their own solutions, while other larger financial services firms have also been taking more action. FinTech Futures speaks to some of them.