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Payments and Remittances

Cross-border and domestic money transfers play a critical role in the financial strategies of low-income households and present many opportunities to extend financial inclusion.

Our extensive research on themes and imperatives for national and regional payment systems and remittances spans sub-Saharan Africa and forms part of our dedicated programme on risk, remittances and integrity in partnership with FSD Africa.

The Latest in Payments and Remittances
Lessons on improving remittance access in Africa
Learnings from the Remittance Access Initiative (RAI) in partnership with IFAD's Financing Facility for Remittances Cenfri, in partnership with [...]
23 September 2022
The potential of CBDCs for financial inclusion
Will CBDC solve your financial inclusion woes or further exclude the vulnerable?   Central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC) may alleviate [...]
9 September 2022
CBDC for emerging markets: realities and expectations
Cenfri has deepened its work on CBDC amid growing interest from central banks Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has emerged as a key [...]
4 August 2022
Delivering remittances at the last mile
The role of enabling identity regulation in Ghana  Recent data shows that remittances continue to play a critical role in Ghana. According to [...]
12 May 2022
Enhancing risk assessment processes for improved remittance access
Early insights from IFAD’s Financing Facility for Remittances and Cenfri Our work with IFAD to improve remittance access across seven African [...]
12 April 2022
Opportunities for remittance-linked insurance products in SSA
A demand-side perspective of the risk management and resilience needs of remittance senders from South Africa to Ghana, Malawi and [...]
22 January 2022
How to improve access to remittances
Unlocking the economic force of remittances for reaching low-income and rural customers with IFAD's Financing Facility for Remittances under the [...]
18 January 2022
The unpopular choice: Taxing digital payments in the era of digitalisation
Historically, low-income consumers in emerging economies often perceive banking services as too expensive. As a result, these consumers opt out of [...]
13 December 2021
Eswatini’s National Payment System Vision 2025
Eswatini’s journey towards revolutionising its payments system  In 2009, the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) published the Swaziland [...]
6 April 2021
The potential of remittance-linked insurance products in sub-Saharan Africa
Exploring the potential of remittance-linked insurance products to improve the resilience of households in sub-Saharan Africa [...]
31 March 2021
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