Formal credit providers have increasingly gained prominence as a channel for distribution of non-credit products, such as insurance, investment and retirement products, to low-income households in India. Having access to an existing customer base with whom they interact regularly, microcredit channels in particular offer cost and informational advantages over those led by other credit providers such as commercial banks and the non-credit product providers themselves and their agents, who generally sell only one type of product.
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