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Retail Banking
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
BANGKOK, THAILAND — (Marketwire) — 03/20/13 — The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) reached a milestone this week when the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago became the organization-s 100th member. AFI-s network of institutions now expands across the globe, with representation in every region. Together, AFI members now cover more than 95 per cent of the world-s unbanked population.AFI was founded in 2008 as a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded project to advance the development
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Commercial & Investment Banking
Friday, March 1st, 2013
BANGKOK, THAILAND — (Marketwire) — 02/28/13 — The development of Mobile Financial Services (MFS) as a tool for the promotion of financial inclusion took a major step forward this month with two high level regional forums taking place in Tanzania and Colombia.In Africa, the inaugural meeting of the African Mobile Phone Financial Inclusion Policy Initiative (AMPI) took place in Zanzibar, Tanzania from 14-15 February. Co-hosted by the Bank of Tanzania, the Central Bank of Kenya and the Alliance
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Commercial & Investment Banking, Picture Gallery
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
LOS CABOS, MEXICO — (Marketwire) — 06/20/12 — At the conclusion of the G20 Leaders- Summit held in Los Cabos, Mexico from 18-19 June 2012, an official communiqué was circulated highlighting the launch of a G20 Financial Inclusion Peer Learning Program focused on supporting the development of financial inclusion strategies across the globe. In the communiqué, AFI was identified as a key implementing partner for the program. The G20 also recognized the importance of the AFI netw
