8th EGFIP Meeting Recognizes Untapped Potential of FinTech to Accelerate Financial Inclusion in the Pacific

The 8th meeting of the Experts Groups on Financial Inclusion Policy (EGFIP) for the Pacific Islands Regional Initiative (PIRI), took place on 5 June, 2018 in Apia, Samoa. Co-hosted by Central Bank of Samoa and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), the meeting concluded with the Leaders Roundtable endorsing the workplan for FinTech for Financial Inclusion in the Pacific.

Attended by all members of PIRI including the Central Bank of Seychelles, the closed meeting began with a tour de table where members provided updates on the various financial inclusion initiatives being carried out in their countries. Members then reviewed the revised charter of PIRI, and the addendum to the Dili Consensus that included four additional policy topics: FinTech, Gender, Climate Change and Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs).