At the recent 2025 AFI Global Policy Forum in Swakopmund, Namibia, the leaders of AFI’s South Asia Region Financial Inclusion Initiative (SARFII) endorsed SARFII’s Strategic Action Plan for 2026-2030. 

The Strategic Action Plan is built around a ‘5 C’ approach of Collaboration, Cross-Regional Partnership, Capacity Enhancement, Country Commitments, and Country-Centric Projects. It includes activities focusing on inclusive green finance, micro finance digital transactions, credit scoring models, digital financial literacy, and regional economic and financial inclusion data.  

SARFII also plans to develop a feasibility report on region-to-region collaboration for country exchange & attachment programs, and will continue to run member-driven virtual training and knowledge exchange sessions (‘SARFII Learnovation Lounge’) on emerging financial inclusion policy issues and best practice. 

Speaking in Swakopmund, Prof. Dr. Biswo Nath Poudel, SARFII Chair and Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, said that “SARFII plays a key role in bringing together South Asia’s Financial Regulators to share experiences, foster innovation and design policies that are effective to our region. Our collective efforts have made remarkable progress, and we will continue to advance financial inclusion with the same spirit of cooperation and innovation.”  

Learn more about AFI’s South Asia Region Financial Inclusion Initiative (SARFII).