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Regulators urged to boost MSME credit access as COVID lingers
2020-12-11
Financial regulators must ramp up efforts to make finance more accessible to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME), particularly those owned by women, speakers said at virtual member training.Policy area: General FI
Kenya-based Pezesha wins AFI Inclusive FinTech Showcase!
2020-12-11
Kenya-based financial technology (FinTech) firm Pezesha has won first place at the 2020 AFI Inclusive FinTech Showcase, after impressing AFI members and our panel of expert judges with an online pitch on how their solution is leading innovation in financial inclusion.Policy area: General FI
CEFI, the online training for financial inclusion by AFI and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
2020-12-10
In collaboration with the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, AFIis launching the seventh session of its online training module, ‘Certified Expert in Financial Inclusion Policy (CEFI)’.Policy area: General FI
Global conference launches new IGF paper, next steps
2020-12-08
Raising awareness among stakeholders, building internal capacities, and encouraging financial literacy among customers are just some of the efforts needed at a national level in inclusive green finance (IGF), participants said at the Third Global IGF Conference.Policy area: General FI
Banco de Moçambique & AFI are co-hosting the Third Global Inclusive Green Finance Conference 2020
2020-12-03
Banco de Moçambique and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) are organizing the Third Global Conference on Inclusive Green Finance (IGF) on 3 December 2020. Governor of the Banco de Mocambique Rogério Zandamela and AFI Executive Director Dr. Alfred Hannig will provide opening remarks.Policy area: General FI
COVID-19 fast-tracking financial literacy for resilience building
2020-11-26
COVID-19 has accelerated the need to promote financial literacy as an essential tool for individuals to manage their financial affairs and build greater resilience, speakers highlighted at virtual member training on national financial education strategies (NFES).Policy area: General FI
Financial inclusion elevated at European Microfinance Week
2020-11-20
Financial inclusion was one of the key topics at European Microfinance Week, held on 18-20 November, where staff from AFI’s management unit highlighted various achievements from across the network in addressing the challenges facing consumer protection and savings as well as vulnerable groups, such as forcibly displaced persons (FDPs).Policy area: General FI
AFI members explore central bank digital currency opportunities
2020-11-16
AFI members explore central bank digital currency opportunities Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) propelled by broader trends, offer opportunities to accelerate digitization for emerging and developing economies amid COVID-19, speakers said at a virtual event on 12 November.Policy area: General FI
12 finalists announced for AFI Inclusive FinTech Showcase
2020-11-13
Twelve financial technology (FinTech) innovators from across the world have reached the final stages of the 2020 AFI Inclusive FinTech Showcase. Later this month, they will present to AFI’s membership their innovative solutions that are helping to address the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and that will shape the future of financial inclusion.Policy area: General FI
AFI Gender Committee elects new chair, vice chair
2020-11-12
AFI is excited to welcome and congratulate Elsie Addo Awadzi, Second Deputy Governor from the Bank of Ghana, and Md. Anwarul Islam, General Manager from Bangladesh Bank, for their appointment as the new Chair and Vice Chair of AFI’s Gender Inclusive Finance Committee (GIFC) respectively.Policy area: General FI