Guide to Financial Consumer Protection in the Digital Era
Consumer risks are increasing with the growth of digital finance. The resources in this FinDev Guide share good practices, solutions and tools to ensure that consumers achieve positive outcomes in their financial journey.
Registration Is Now Open for Certified Expert in Financial Inclusion Policy Online Training
This course will provide an understanding of the design and implementation of regulatory frameworks that help promote financial inclusion.
Environmental and Social Risk Management Guidelines
This report presents challenges and policy recommendations from the Inclusive Green Finance Working Group and is intended as a tool for regulators or policymakers who are developing environmental and social risk management (ESRM) guidelines.
Moving Markets Towards Open Finance
This paper summarizes open finance policy approaches globally, as well as the ways that government-controlled financial data can help catalyze open finance where industry is hesitant to lead.
Instant Payments and Merchants — Pricing Policy Considerations
This technical note helps explain why changes in instant payment pricing are occurring, assesses their impact on market development, and offers suggestions for the path forward.
Central Bank Digital Currencies: Five Lessons From Three Trailblazers
Experiences from the Bahamas, China and Nigeria help illuminate the rocky path for other central banks interested in implementing their own digital currencies.
Blazing a Trail for Women’s Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria has identified eight Strategic Imperatives. With their respective communities of practice, they aim to close the country’s financial inclusion gender gap.
Migrant Insurance and Pension: Gazing Through the Future
This paper explores the possibilities of leveraging the potential of migrant insurance and pensions that can contribute to their comprehensive financial resilience.
Will Central Bank Digital Currencies Be a Game-Changer for Financial Inclusion?
Are central bank digital currencies really the game-changer for financial inclusion that many claim? And how are central banks thinking about designing CBDCs to ensure that they achieve their goals?
Microfinance in the Arab World: Growing, Evolving and Building Resilience
Five key takeaways from the 2022 Sanabel Conference on the state of financial inclusion in the region