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Digital Payments Roadmap: Towards Inclusive, Accessible, Effective And Sustainable Digital Payments In South Africa
The purpose of this Roadmap is to identify obstacles, barriers and challenges to the adoption of an increased and effective usage of digital payments, and to develop a multi-disciplinary and stakeholder action plan to unlock the inclusivity, effectiveness and sustainability of digital payments in South Africa.
FinTech and Digital Financial Services Ecosystem Data for Supervision and Market Intelligence
This report aims to guide regulators and central banks in adopting ecosystem-based data collection approaches, offering practical insights and a standardized taxonomy for enhanced decision-making, supervision, and the pursuit of financial inclusion goals.
From Collateral to Cashflow: Expanding Access to Finance for Nigeria’s Female Business Owners
This research examines how two commercial banks are developing innovative credit solutions to expand access to finance for women entrepreneurs.
Islamic Finance and Financial Inclusion: AFI Members’ Perspectives
This report highlights initiatives and promotes collaboration to further advance financial inclusion through Islamic finance.
Open Finance Self-Assessment Tool and Development Roadmap
This technical guide introduces the open finance self-assessment tool and development roadmap. It provides practical tools for policymakers to use to decide whether to implement an open finance regime to advance financial inclusion.
Policy Diagnostic: Women in Leadership
This policy diagnostic presents policymakers with an overview of gender balance in the finance industry and then focuses on key areas for advancing women’s movement into, and active participation in, executive and other leadership roles.
Rural Women and Financial Inclusion
The purpose of this document is to highlight practical approaches put forward by the sector to guide the work of practitioners in promoting gender-responsive financial inclusion through the design and delivery of appropriate services and products.
Tackling Credit Fairness and Missed Business Opportunities with Reject Inference
“Reject inference” techniques help financial institutions to increase their credit portfolio profitability by improving the accuracy of their approval mechanisms, with implications for offering credit to women who would otherwise be unable to access it.
The Role Regulators Play in Closing the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap: A Case Study of Costa Rica
This case study explores the steps being taken in Costa Rica to increase women's financial inclusion.