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Disclosure Is Not the Same as Protection

Consumer credit frameworks need to be designed with comprehension and product design in mind. 

News

AFI’s New Podcast Takes You Inside the World of Financial Inclusion

Episode One features May Abulnaga, First Sub-Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt and Chair of AFI’s Gender Inclusive Finance Committee, sharing her personal story about her work to advance women’s access to finance, and to promote women’s leadership in Egypt.

News

Ghana Becomes First African Country to Integrate Payments Into National ID

The move transforms the Ghana Card from a standard identification document into a multifunctional tool that combines identity verification with financial transactions.

Paper

The 2026 Global AI in Financial Services Report

This report assesses the impact of AI on the financial services industry, including fintechs and traditional financial institutions, from efficiency to productivity and profitability, as well as persistent organizational adoption and scaling challenges. It also highlights developing policy and regulatory approaches.

Podcast

Cyber and Operational Risk in the Quantum Era: Financial Stability Amid Escalating Geopolitical Conflict

This panel discussion focused on how institutions and regulators can strengthen resilience, enhance cross-border coordination, and prepare for a future in which emerging technologies, cyber conflict, ransomware, and financial crime increasingly intersect. 

Paper

Effective Supervision

This TC Note makes proposals for supervisory effectiveness and, where consistent with more effective supervision, the simplification of supervisory methodologies and processes.

Paper

Open Finance Oversight and Supervision: Emerging Practices and Early Lessons

This working paper brings new insights on the supervision of open finance to inform policy and regulatory design in emerging markets and developing economies.
News

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Launches the Women Regulators Network

This new body aims to advance gender‑intentional policy and strengthen women’s leadership in financial regulation worldwide.

News

Applications Now Open for Tech Policy Learning Lab!

This program is the only one of its kind to combine rigorous learning in policy-relevant technology with a gender lens on policy and regulation implementation.

Paper

Opening Doors to Open Finance: Evidence From the International Experience

This paper examines international experiences with open finance, shedding light on its impact on competition, market entry and financial access, while discussing the challenges that remain.