Feb 20, 2015 |
GPFI News
In 2015, Turkey’s focus for the GPFI is on implementing the Financial Inclusion Action Plan approved by G20 leaders at the Brisbane Summit in 2014. Read more about the G20 Presidency's priorities, as well as upcoming GPFI events, in a recently released priorities paper.
Feb 23, 2015 |
GPFI News
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.
Nov 19, 2014 |
GPFI News
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.
Nov 17, 2014 |
GPFI News
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.
Nov 19, 2014 |
GPFI News
On 2 September 2014, the GPFI Plenary met in Perth to discuss progress with and next steps for the G20 in assisting countries to bring financial services to the 2.5 billion people and more than 200 million SMEs currently not being served by the formal financial system.
Oct 17, 2014 |
GPFI News
The GPFI Forum is an annual event which aims to engage a select group of leading private sector innovators, global policy makers, and thinkers to discuss and influence critical aspects of the G20 financial inclusion agenda. This theme for this year’s Forum was “Digital Financial Services: A catalyst for advancing financial access, empowering women and economic growth.”
Oct 30, 2014 |
GPFI News
A report by the World Bank Development Research Group, the Better Than Cash Alliance, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the GPFI presents a synthesis of the evidence that the widespread adoption of digital payments in all their forms, including international and domestic remittances, can be instrumental in reaching the goals of the G20.
Jun 4, 2014 |
GPFI News
At its meeting in Hobart, Australia, on May 5-6, 2014, the GPFI reviewed its work to date and focused on how new technologies such as mobile banking and other innovations could help advance progress on financial inclusion in many developing countries.
