Inside Financial Inclusion
Inside Financial Inclusion is a podcast from the Alliance for Financial Inclusion covering policies, insights, and innovations that shape inclusive financial systems worldwide. Episodes explore topics such as fintech, food security, green finance, and gender, highlighting approaches to expanding access to and use of safe, affordable, and convenient financial services. The show is aimed at understanding practical and policy-driven ways to build more inclusive financial systems.
Episodes
Central Banking: Rules, risks and the human factor
What does it take to run a central bank in an age of AI and constantly shifting global rules? In this episode of Inside Financial Inclusion, Bank Negara Malaysia's Assistant Governor, Suhaimi Ali reflects on how central banks’ mandates have evolved from crisis-era stability to today's focus on innovationand financial wellbeing. From open finance pilots to AI-powered supervision, AG Suhaimi
Jordan’s Digital Financial Inclusion Revolution
What does it take to build a payments system that works for everyone - including some of the world's most vulnerable people? Maha Bahou, CEO of Jordan Payments and Clearing Company (JoPACC), shares how a bold bet on interoperability, public-private partnership, and an unshakeable belief in leaving no one behind transformed Jordan into one of the world's most surprising digital payments suc
The Affordable Housing Finance Challenge
Nearly three billion people live in inadequate housing — and the global financial system is struggling to fix it. Patrick McAllister from Habitat for Humanity International joins us to discuss how we can unlock affordable housing finance for families and communities worldwide.
Crime, Cash & Financial Inclusion
What if the rules designed to keep dirty money out of the global financial system are accidentally also locking ordinary people out? In this episode, we sit down with Elisa de Anda Madrazo — the woman running the body that writes the rules — to explore how we can fight crime without excluding the vulnerable, and whether inclusivity can strengthen rather than weakenfinancial systems.
From Bank Teller to Trailblazer: A Story of Transformation in Egypt
When May Abulnaga's mother pushed her into banking, she could never have imagined her future role in transforming financial access for Egyptian women. Today, as Sub-Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, May shares the personal costs, policy battles, and hard-won lessons behind her (and Egypt’s) financialinclusion journey.
