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.
Caroline Abel, Governor of Central Bank of Seychelles: "There is a need to further explore, how financial technologies can be used to advance financial inclusion and make it more convenient, affordable ... "
The 2018 Annual Report demonstrates AFI’s accomplishments in driving changes in policy as the network prepares to take on the role of global policy leadership in AFI’s Phase III Strategy.
There is still much to learn, but policymakers and regulators are finding there is often no need to reinvent the wheel. Explore this Inclusive Green Finance Special Report.
Innovation. Inclusion. Impact.
View the case study for more in-depth insights into how CBE and national stakeholders have exerted substantial efforts to address gender and women’s financial exclusion.
Co-hosted by Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), this member training is open to AFI member institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) and AFI, in collaboration with Mastercard will host the Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) training on Approaches to Enhancing Financial Inclusion through Digital Financial Services will take place from 27-28 June, 2019.
This is the second offering exclusively for BCPLPs as part of the Protocol of Technical Cooperation that was signed in July 2017 to facilitate the work on financial education for enhancing financial inclusion.
Given the complex partnerships involved, untested credit assessment models, data usage, market conduct implications etc. the growth of platforms requires regulators/policy makers to relook/adapt their interventions.