National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB), a member of AFI, has become the 39th member of the AFI Network to make a Maya Declaration Commitment in pursuit of achieving greater financial inclusion.

The NBRB outlined a quantifiable commitment to increase the number of adults with bank accounts from its current level of 70 per cent to 85 per cent by 2015.

Additionally, the bank will seek to strengthen financial literacy efforts through specific activities set to be implemented under the Joint Action Plan of Government Agencies and Financial Markets Participants on Improving Financial Literacy of the Population of the Republic of Belarus for 2013-2018 (available at the link below).