- Technology-Driven Solutions to Banks’ De-risking Practices in Hong Kong: FinTech and Blockchain-based Smart Contracts for Financial Inclusion
22 October 2025
This article examines banks’ de-risking practices inside Hong Kong’s Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime, a problem that has created considerable tension…
- ROLE OF FINTECH IN TRANSFORMING INDIA’S BFSI SECTOR AND WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION
14 October 2025
Technological advancements within the BFSI Sector are strategically aimed at providing an elevated and more satisfying user experience for customers globally. This objective is central to the…
- Unlocking Access to Finance for SMEs: A Cross-Country Analysis
Report · 29 September 2025
Countries in the MENAP and CCA regions have the lowest levels of financial inclusion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the world. The paper provides empirical evidence on the drivers of SME…
- MSME Access to Finance: The Role of Digital Payments
Report · 13 September 2025
Technology has demonstrated its potential to transform money, payments, and finance within a growing social digital transformation. While key stakeholders focus on building public infrastructure to…
- FinTech in Uganda: Implications For Regulation
10 September 2025
FinTech holds great potential for both financial inclusion and economic development in a wider sense. Digital financial solutions have been expanding access and reach to consumers, especially the…
- Leveraging Financial Technology: A Comparative Analysis of the Legal Readiness of Nigeria for Fintech Disruption Vis-A-Vis Other Jurisdictions
9 September 2025
The world thrives on continuous technological innovations in diverse areas, from health to agriculture, education, information, and even finance, amongst others. The essence of these innovations is…
- Policy Framework on Developing a National FinTech Strategy: An Ecosystem Approach to Inclusive FinTech, Digital Economy, Financial Inclusion and the Sustainable Development Goals
8 September 2025
The Digital Financial Services Working Group (DFSWG) of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) has been facilitating thought leadership and guidance on how the network can understand and support…
- Building Digital Payments Ecosystems: Digital Financial Infrastructure, Access to Finance, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Report · 3 September 2025
We are now at that halfway point in terms of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the 2030 target getting ever closer. This article examines how digital payments innovations…
- Rethinking Financial Futures: Digital Trust, Inclusion, and the Next Generation of Finance
Report · 14 August 2025
In an era marked by economic uncertainty, accelerated digitalization, and rising regulatory scrutiny, the foundations of financial trust are being redefined. This white paper explores the evolving…
- The Evolution of Financial Services in the Digital Age
Report · 10 August 2025
This chapter provides an overview of how digital technologies are transforming the financial services landscape. We highlight the latest in digital financial product and service offerings related to…
- RegTech and Accounting of Financial Institutions Under Financial Inclusion: Conceptual Framework Analysis
Report · 7 August 2025
The paper aims to analyze the expected impact of regulatory technology ( on the development of the accounting of financial institutions under financial inclusion. The nature of the work of financial…
- Regulating FinTech: The Case of Singapore
21 June 2025
This article critically examines Singapore’s experience in regulating and facilitating the growth of the FinTech sector. Based on empirical data, this article discusses how Singapore has encouraged…
- Central Bank of the Future Summary and Recommendations for Further Inquiry
Report · 20 June 2025
Over the past two years, the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and its Center on Finance, Law & Policy, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has…
- Access to Finance for Artificial Intelligence Regulation in the Financial Services Industry
Report · 19 June 2025
This paper discusses the design of the legal and regulatory framework for using artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services markets to enhance access to finance (financial inclusion). The…
- Building Regional Payment Areas: The Single Rule Book Approach
16 June 2025
In October 2020, the G20 endorsed a significant initiative to enhance cross-border payments. Faster, cheaper, more transparent, and more inclusive cross-border payment services will deliver…
- FinTech and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
16 May 2025
Plague, war, famine and death: the 2020s have so far been marked by the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Unlike in 1997 or 2008, finance has been not the cause of, but part of the effective response…
- AFI Innovative Regulatory Approaches Toolkit
Report · 19 April 2021
Countries and economies around the world are seeking ways to foster their digital finance and financial technology (‘FinTech’) ecosystems to better support financial inclusion and sustainable…
- FSCA Regulatory Strategy 2021-2025
Strategy · 14 December 2021
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has published its Regulatory Strategy for 14 December 2021 to 31 March 2025, outlining its structure, operations, and five strategic objectives. The…
- Unlocking smart supervision in the Pacific
Roadmap, Diagnostic report · 4 November 2025
The report “Unlocking Smart Supervision in the Pacific” provides a detailed analysis of current regulatory technology readiness among Pacific Island central banks, which identifies institutional…
- Advancing financial supervision: Best practices in SupTech and RegTech
Report · 5 November 2025
The report explores how SupTech and RegTech are modernizing financial supervision through automation, analytics, and AI to improve compliance, risk management, and consumer protection. The report…
- A note from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban
Report · 23 May 2017
This report summarizes the key discussions from the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa, centered on the theme of achieving inclusive growth through responsive and responsible leadership. A primary…
- Global Economic Crisis: Prosperity and Politics in Lebanon
Report · 3 May 2009
This report provides an in-depth economic analysis of Lebanon’s growth trajectory and its vulnerability to the 2009 global recession through a dialogue with expert Jad Chaaban. Historically…
- Inclusion in India: Unpacking the 2015 FDIP Report and Scorecard
Report · 8 September 2015
This report unpacks the findings of the 2015 Financial and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP) specifically for India, highlighting the country's transition from a cash-heavy economy to a diverse…
- Hutchins Roundup: Valuing health insurance, regulatory oversight and bank behavior, and more
News · 16 August 2017
The article presents a curated summary of economic research from the Hutchins Roundup, highlighting critical findings on healthcare subsidies, financial regulation, and the labor market impact of…
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