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A G7 Partnership for Women's Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa

Gates Foundation/G7 report sets out efforts to expand digital financial inclusion to women in Africa

Gates Foundation and G7 report sets out essential efforts to expand digital financial inclusion to women in Africa. The report identifies three main categories: i) infrastructure; ii) regulation; and iii) planning. Five pillars to advancing women's digital financial inclusion are: i) build inclusive digital payment infrastructures; ii) expand digital ID systems to reach excluded women; iii) create enabling policy and regulatory environments to support innovation; iv) assess overall digital readiness to maximize social and economic returns; and v) evaluate how governments can best use payments and ID systems reforms to impact women's lives.

Publisher: Others Release date: Jul 2019

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion, Gender equality

Sectors: Microfinance

How Can Supervisory Authorities Contribute to Meeting the UN SDGs?

TC note discusses how financial sector supervisory and regulatory authorities can help to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Toronto Centre Note discusses ways in which financial sector supervisory and regulatory authorities could promote financial inclusion and gender equality and address climate change-related risks, as part of broader national initiatives to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Some of these steps could be taken by supervisory authorities under their current mandates and objectives, but others may depend on their mandates being revised to reflect better the SDGs and broader national priorities. A greater emphasis on climate change, financial inclusion and gender equality in the principles and standards issued by international standard setters could also provide impetus for national supervisory authorities to take additional steps in these areas.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Jun 2019

Type: TC Notes

Topics: Climate change , Gender equality, Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

Decoding FinTech and Capturing Opportunities for Financial Inclusion and Gender Equality

TC executive panel at the Women Deliver Conference in 2019

Toronto Centre executive panel at the Women Deliver conference discussed existing regulations, guidance, supervisory practices and industry standards as well as what needs to be done to benefit from the opportunities provided by the technological innovations in finance to create more inclusive financial systems and eventually close the gender gap.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Jun 2019

Type: TC Videos

Topics: FinTech, Financial inclusion, Gender equality

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

Measuring Financial Inclusion and the FinTech Revolution

TC webinar discusses global metrics of access to, and use of, financial services

Toronto Centre webinar findings include: i) financial inclusion is on the rise globally; ii) progress has been significant but uneven; iii) digital financial transactions are increasing; iv) women lag men on access to identification and digital technology; and v) there are opportunities to increase inclusive financial inclusion by digitizing payments.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Apr 2019

Type: TC Videos

Topics: FinTech, Financial inclusion, Gender equality

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

Sustainable Development and Finance

TC fireside chat held in honour of its 20th anniversary

Toronto Centre fireside chat discusses: i) preparing for the next global financial crisis; ii) international rules based on global order; iii) closing the gender gap; and iv) advancing sustainable development.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Nov 2018

Type: TC Videos

Topics: Financial inclusion, Gender equality, Supervisory framework

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

Gender Considerations in Balancing Financial Inclusion and Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism

AFI guidance note discusses how to balance women's financial inclusion with financial integrity policy objectives

Alliance for Financial Inclusion guidance note discusses current practices in the AFI network to support financial policymakers and regulators responsible for implementing and overseeing AML/CFT standards at the national level. Raises awareness of specific financial inclusion challenges disproportionately faced by women in the national implementation of AML/CFT standards, and assists in the formulation and implementation of policy responses that can contribute to advancing women's financial inclusion.

Publisher: Others Release date: Nov 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Money laundering and terrorist financing, Financial inclusion, Gender equality

Sectors: Banking, Microfinance

Improving Digital and Financial Inclusion for Gender Equality

TC executive panel on harnessing innovation for gender equality

Toronto Centre executive panel discusses: i) what actions have been most effective in increasing access to and use of financial services by women and how they can be incorporated into strategies designed for inclusive financial sectors; ii) how to improve the quality, availability and use of gender-disaggregated data; iii) what international institutions are doing in this regard; iv) the most constraining legal, regulatory and other barriers and what has been done to overcome them; and v) what else needs to be done to improve digital financial inclusion for gender equality.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Oct 2018

Type: TC Videos

Topics: Financial inclusion, Gender equality

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

Women in Finance: A Case for Closing Gaps

IMF report analyzes women's roles as users of financial services and as leaders in financial institutions and supervisory agencies

International Monetary Fund report examines large gap between representation of men and women in leadership positions in banks and banking supervision agencies worldwide. Analysis suggests that the presence of women as well as a higher share of women on bank boards appears associated with greater financial resilience and greater bank stability.

Publisher: International Organizations Release date: Sep 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Gender equality, Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

ECB Releases Progress on Gender Targets

ECB report on number of women in management positions in the EU banking sector

European Central Bank statistics on its progress in increasing the share of women in management positions. Results show that as of the end of 2017, 27% of management positions were held by women compared with an interim target of 29%. Outcomes of these results are: i) ECB will step up efforts to increase gender diversity; and ii) ECB will work to double the share of women in management from 2013 to 2019.

Publisher: Regional Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Gender equality, Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

Advancing Women's Digital Financial Inclusion

TC Note describes how financial authorities can promote women's digital financial inclusion

Toronto Centre note examines constraints on women's access to financial services and the promise of digital financial services for overcoming them. It describes what financial authorities can to do foster women's digital financial inclusion in the context of their mandates to ensure a sound and enabling regulatory and supervisory framework.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Jan 2018

Type: TC Notes

Topics: Gender equality, Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

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A G7 Partnership for Women's Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa

How Can Supervisory Authorities Contribute to Meeting the UN SDGs?

Decoding FinTech and Capturing Opportunities for Financial Inclusion and Gender Equality

Measuring Financial Inclusion and the FinTech Revolution

Sustainable Development and Finance

Gender Considerations in Balancing Financial Inclusion and Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism

Improving Digital and Financial Inclusion for Gender Equality

Women in Finance: A Case for Closing Gaps

ECB Releases Progress on Gender Targets

Advancing Women's Digital Financial Inclusion

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