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Members attend CGD-AFI workshop on decision tree in Mexico
2019-10-14
Twenty-four participants from eight AFI member institutions came together last week in Mexico City for a policy workshop on digital financial inclusion, the first of its kind to be co-organized by the global network and the Center for Global Development (CGD).Policy area: Digital Financial Services, Financial Inclusion Strategy, General FI
AFI PreCOP25 panel urges regulatory role in climate change mitigation
2019-10-10
Financial regulators play a crucial role in implementing the Paris Agreement and should be involved in national long-term planning and policy development to mitigate the effects of the climate emergency, speakers said at a PreCOP25 panel discussion in San Juan.Policy area: General FI, Emerging Financial Inclusion Areas
FinTech helps create level playing field for SMEs
2019-10-09
New financial technologies (FinTech) can help small and medium enterprises (SME) achieve a level playing field by promoting regulations that ensure stability and consumer protection, speakers said at the Global SME Finance Forum 2019 in Amsterdam on 8 October.Policy area: Digital Financial Services, SME Finance, General FI
Financial education key to promoting stability, growth and inclusion
2019-10-07
Financial education not only helps boost national financial inclusion rates but also ensures that those on the peripheries do not fall out of the formal financial system, AFI Executive Director Dr. Alfred Hannig said as he opened the Joint Learning Program on Empowering Consumers through Financial Education in Kuala Lumpur.Policy area: Digital Financial Services, General FI
Pre-COP panel to explore IGF potential to help solve climate emergency
2019-10-07
AFI member institutions will shortly gather in Costa Rica to discuss how financial regulators are using Inclusive Green Finance (IGF) policies that contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and help tackle climate emergency.Policy area: General FI
Policy & regulatory solutions converge at global FinTech dialogue
2019-09-26
Amid a global convergence in policy and regulatory solutions in the financial inclusion and financial technology (FinTech), around 70 senior regulators from developing and developed countries are gathering in Prague for the first-of-its-kind global dialogue on inclusive FinTech.Policy area: Digital Financial Services, General FI
Winners of AFI’s first-ever FinTech showcase take a bow
2019-09-13
Congratulations to agricultural insurance provider OKO for taking first place in AFI’s first-ever FinTech showcase at the 2019 AFI Global Policy Forum (GPF). Chosen by a panel of expert judges and a popular vote among GPF participants, OKO won over the audience with its innovative product and pitch, beating stiff competition from nine other financial technology (FinTech) firms.Policy area: Digital Financial Services, Emerging Financial Inclusion Areas
Climate change youth activist urges regulators to act now!
2019-09-13
Climate change youth activist urges regulators to act now! Fifteen-year old climate change activist Leah Namugerwa urged participants at the 2019 AFI Global Policy Forum (GPF) to respond with haste to the current climate emergency, reminding them that it is the youngest generations who will suffer most from inaction.Policy area: General FI, Emerging Financial Inclusion Areas
AFI hails first Gender Ambassadors for supporting diversity
2019-09-13
AFI hails first Gender Ambassadors for supporting diversity AFI welcomed its first Gender Inclusion Ambassadors at the 2019 AFI Global Policy Forum (GPF), recognizing the members who are fulfilling their Denarau Action Plan commitments and striving to support greater diversity within their institutions and close the financialPolicy area: Measuring Financial Inclusion, General FI, Emerging Financial Inclusion Areas
AFI global network expected to adopt Kigali Statement at 2019 GPF
2019-09-10
AFI member institutions are expected to adopt the Kigali Statement at the upcoming 2019 AFI Global Policy Forum (GPF), co-hosted by the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) and AFI under the theme of “Using Technology for Inclusion of Women and Youth”.Policy area: General FI, Emerging Financial Inclusion Areas