The Turkish G20 Presidency Priorities for 2015 are in line with the core areas of the revised G20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan approved by G20 Leaders at the recent Brisbane Summit. They include an emphasis on development, with a focus on broadening financial inclusion and reducing the global average cost of transferring remittances. Read More »

G20 leaders committed to take “strong practical measures” to prioritize financial inclusion while also approving an updated Financial Inclusion Action Plan, at the G20 Leaders’ Summit held 15-16 November in Brisbane, Australia. In the G20 Leaders’ Communiqué from the summit, G20 leaders also committed to reduce the global average cost of transferring remittances to five percent. Read More »

Representatives from the six global standard-setting bodies and the GPFI met in Basel on 30-31 October to discuss the fast-growing field of digital finance. The theme of the conference centered on the benefits, as well as the challenges, of digital finance as a means for reaching low-income people excluded from formal financial services. Read More »