# How Cardano could fast-track financial inclusion in emerging economies **URL:** \ **Category:** News and Announcements\ **Tags:** decentralization, africa, finance, economy, inclusion\ **Created:** [6 January 2021 05:00 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-cardano-could-fast-track-financial-inclusion-in-emerging-economies/44032 "2021-01-06T05:00:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Asogan\_Moodaly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/asogan_moodaly/32/25733_2.png) [@Asogan\_Moodaly](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Asogan_Moodaly)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2021 18:09 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-cardano-could-fast-track-financial-inclusion-in-emerging-economies/44032/17 "2021-02-27T18:09:44Z")
That’s a good point! This is an outlier type scenario though, in my opinion. Not ideal but, perhaps a local node facial scan against a Government ID, as a backup to biometrics could work? I noted that the webcam in my laptop was used to scan my face against my passport when I recently opened a Kraken account. A quick Google right now indicates that Samsung phones include iris scans [https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/what-is/iris-scanning](https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/what-is/iris-scanning) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-cardano-could-fast-track-financial-inclusion-in-emerging-economies/44032)._