AFI is the world’s leading organization on financial inclusion policy and regulation. A member-owned network, we promote and develop evidence-based policy solutions that improve the lives of the poor through the power of financial inclusion.
The Maya Declaration is first commitment platform that enables AFI members to set concrete financial inclusion targets, implement in-country policy changes, and regularly share progress updates. A public commitment to the Maya Declaration is a means to champion financial inclusion.
AFI organizes the Global Policy Forum (GPF) as the keystone event for its membership. Each year, it is co-hosted by a different member institution in a different region of the world. The Forum is focused on the development and improvement of national financial inclusion strategies and policies, and is used as a platform for senior financial regulators to exchange ideas and engage in peer-to-peer learning activities.
In May 2017, leaders from AFI member institutions in Africa decided to broaden the scope of the regional initiative and change its name from African Mobile Phone Financial Services Policy Initiative (AMPI) to African Financial Inclusion Policy Initiative (AfPI).
This expansion of the AFI Africa Regional Initiative reflects how adaptable its leaders are to the evolving financial inclusion policy priorities in Africa. More insights in this special report.
As of July 2017, there were 63 Maya Declaration commitments. This represents 67% of AFI’s membership, which is comprised of 115 financial regulatory and policymaking institutions from 94 developing and emerging countries.
This guideline note has been designed to focus on key principles and areas that regulators and policy makers may take into account in developing laws and regulations on retail payment systems to support financial inclusion.
Member Training : Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Consideration (AML/CFT) and Approaches for Financial Inclusion Programme
Co-Hosted by Bank Negara Malaysia
Bangladesh Bank and AFI will hold a Joint Learning Programme (JLP) on Digital Financial Services (DFS) for enhancing financial inclusion. Find out more about the event.