AFI Global Policy Forum

The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum (GPF) is organized by AFI as the keystone event for its membership. Each year it is co-hosted by a different member institution in a different region of the world. AFI has more than 100 member institutions from more than 89 nations making the GPF the most important and comprehensive forum for regulatory institutions with an interest in promoting financial inclusion policy. The Forum is focused on developing and improving national financial inclusion strategies and policies, and is used as a platform for senior financial regulators to exchange ideas as well as engage in peer-to-peer learning activities.

The AFI Global Policy Forum has been recognized by leading international financial development organizations and individuals as an important part of the global dialogue on financial inclusion. Participation in the GPF has become a part of the standard dialogue from leaders of regulatory institutions and is often used as an example of the positive efforts taking place to solve the problem of the unbanked. For example, at the 6th Annual Microfinance Conference and Entrepreneurship Awards, the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, spoke of his institution's progress, noting the CBN had "...made a commitment at the GPF 2011 held in Mexico to reduce Nigeria's financial exclusion rate from 46.3 to 20 per cent by 2020."

The 2016 GPF was held in Nadi, Fiji, on 7–9 September. The theme was "Building the Pillars of Sustainable Inclusion". The event, which was hosted by the Reserve Bank of Fiji saw the announcement of the Denarau Action Plan: The AFI Network Commitment to Gender and Women's Financial Inclusion. The was the first GPF to be held in the Pacific region.

Over 450 senior financial inclusion policymakers and regulators, along with leaders from international organizations and the private sector, converged in Maputo, Mozambique from 1–4 September for the 7th annual Global Policy Forum. Held under the theme of, “Inspiring Innovation to Advance Inclusion”, is the largest and most diverse forum the AFI Network had ever held. The opening ceremony included a welcome address by the President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, who thanked participants for coming and noted that the presence of so many financial inclusion leaders in the city had “made Maputo the financial capital of the world”.

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