Digital Financial Services (DFS), WORKING GROUP and Promote Dfs As a Major Driver of Financial Inclusion in Emerging and Developing Countries

The Digital Financial Services DIGITAL FINANCIAL (DFS) Working Group brings policymakers together to discuss SERVICES (DFS) regulatory issues related to digital financial services (DFS), WORKING GROUP and promote dfs as a major driver of financial inclusion in emerging and developing countries. The DFS Working Group develops policy guidelines, conducts peer reviews, and actively engages the DFS industry and global Standard- Setting Bodies (SSBs).

WWW.AFI-GLOBAL.ORG AT A GLANCE

KEY OBJECTIVES > Create an enabling policy and regulatory environment for transformational DFS at national levels; > Develop a shared understanding of the risk profiles of emerging digital financial services business models, which is essential in designing appropriate regulatory frameworks; > Stimulate discussion and learning on new approaches and good practices in DFS regulation by encouraging policymakers to exchange experiences; > Provide a platform for capturing, tracking and sharing information on innovative DFS, products, business models and appropriate new policy responses; > Establish linkages and provide inputs, where appropriate, to global Standard-Setting bodies (SSBs) seeking to establish proportionate supervisory practices for DFS.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES > Develop Knowledge Products on National Retail Payment Systems to Support Financial Inclusion; > Create a Library of DFS Regulations, Statistics and Products; > Update and revise the MFS Access and Usage Indicators Guideline Note No 11; > Collect regular data on MFS access and usage indicators from members; > Track DFS policy changes; > Conduct peer reviews of draft regulations and policies.

member policy knowledge 63 institutions 56 countries 15 changess 11 products 2015-2016 ACTIVITIES

POLICY CHANGES > MFS Indicators for Measuring Access and Usage, Guideline Note No. 11 (August 2013) Members of the DFS Working Group have > MFS Supervision and Oversight of Mobile contributed to a number of policy changes in Financial Services, Guideline Note No. 12 their respective countries. (February 2014) Colombia: Banca de las Oportunidades > MFS Consumer Protection in Mobile Financial > Simplified account opening procedures Services, Guideline Note No. 13 (March 2014) El Salvador: Banco Central de Reserva > MFS Mobile-Enabled Cross-Border Payments, > Law on Financial Inclusion which regulates Guideline Note No. 14 (August 2014) E-money issuance (in progress) > Non-bank correspondents (agents) regulation > MFS Assessing Levels of Interoperability, Guideline Note No. 15 (August 2014) Ghana: Bank of Ghana > E-Money guidelines > Digital Financial Services Basic Terminology, > Agent banking guidelines Guideline Note No. 19 (July 2016) Guatemala: Superintendencia de Bancos MEMBER SURVEYS & INDICATORS > Mobile Financial Services (MFS) regulation > Regulatory Stocktaking: MFSWG Member > Regulations on agent banking supporting MFS Survey (2011) Guinea: Banque Centrale de la République > Collection of MFS Indicators for Measuring > Regulations on MFS and agent banking Access and Usage (2014 and 2015) Honduras: Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros (CNBS) PEER REVIEWS > Regulation allowing basic accounts to be > Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan opened through electronic channels E-Money issuing regulations Liberia > Reserve Bank of Malawi > Mobile money regulations Agent banking regulations Tanzania: Bank of Tanzania > Bank of Papua New Guinea > Update of electronic money regulations MFS regulations (in progress) > Payment systems licensing and approval > Central Bank of Liberia regulations (in progress) Guidelines on mobile money services Timor Leste > Bank of Sierra Leone > Guidelines on the use of agents in branchless Guidelines on mobile money services banking > National Bank of Ethiopia Uganda: Bank of Uganda MFS and agent banking service directives > Mobile money guidelines > Banque Centrale de la République de Guinèe Yemen (BCRG) > Regulations on mobile electronic money Circular letter on MFS and Agent Banking services > Central Bank of Yemen Regulations on mobile electronic money services KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS > Bank of Tanzania MFS regulations (2011), E-Money regulations GUIDELINE NOTES (2015) > MFS Basic Terminology, Guideline Note No. 1 > Bank of Ghana (March 2013) Guidelines for E-Money issuers > MFS Technology Risks, Guideline Note No. 2 > Direction Générale du Trésor, Ministère des (March 2013) Finances et du Budget (Madagascar) > MFS Regulatory Reporting, Guideline Note No. Law on E-Money and E-Money Issuers 3 (March 2013) > Central Bank of Sudan Mobile Payment Rules MEMBER INSTITUTIONS

> Reserve Bank of Malawi CHAIR > Bank Negara Malaysia > Central Bank of the Russian Federation > Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) CO-CHAIR > Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia > Da Afghanistan Bank (FRC) > Bank of Ghana > Banco de Moçambique

> Bank Al-Maghrib > Central Bank of Armenia > Bank of Namibia > Bangladesh Bank > Superintendencia de Bancos y de Otras > Microcredit Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh Instituciones Financieras de Nicaragua (MRA) > Central Bank of Nigeria > National Bank of the Republic of Belarus > State Bank of Pakistan > Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan > Palestine Monetary Authority > Banque de la République du Burundi > Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá > Ministère des Finances, du Budget et > Banco Central del Paraguay de la Privatisation du Burundi > Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social > National Bank of Cambodia del Perú > People’s Bank of China > Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) > Banca de las Oportunidades > Russian Microfinance Center > Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público > National Bank of Rwanda de Colombia > Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique > Superintendencia General de Entidades de l’Ouest (BCEAO) Financieras de Costa Rica > Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances > Banque Centrale du Congo du Sénégal > Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador > Central Bank of Seychelles > Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero > Bank of Sierra Leone de El Salvador > Central Bank of Sri Lanka > National Bank of Ethiopia > Central Bank of Sudan > Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala > National Bank of Tajikistan > Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée > Bank of Tanzania > Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros de > Bank of Thailand Honduras > Banco Central de Timor-Leste > Bank Indonesia > Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances > Bank of Jamaica du Togo > Central Bank of Jordan > National Reserve Bank of Tonga > Central Bank of Kenya > Bank of Uganda > Central Bank of Lesotho > Central Bank of Yemen > Central Bank of Liberia > Bank of Zambia > Banque Centrale de Madagascar > Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe > Direction Générale du Trésor, Ministère des Finances et du Budget, Madagascar