According to the World Bank, financial inclusion is growing on a global scale, with over 515 million people setting up bank accounts between 2014 and 2017 alone. With alternative methods such as ‘salary links’, low-income workers are offered access to credit. However, challenges still remain. In the 7 years since the World Bank produced its first Global Findex Database in 2011, 1.2 billion people have obtained personal bank accounts, we find out how financial wellness can work for all employees.

It’s often all too easy to feel stressed at work, whether it’s a pressing deadline, mounting workload or unexpected change in the team or business. Stress is a natural response to new, challenging situations that feel beyond our control. When stressed, our body thinks it’s under attack, so switches to ‘fight or flight’ mode. The hormones produced when we trigger a fight/flight response can either spur us into action or unnerve us, adversely affecting our mood and productivity.