Welcome to the Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)
Cenfri is an independent think tank based in Cape Town. Our mission is to support financial inclusion and financial sector development through facilitating better regulation and market provision of financial services. We do this by conducting research, providing advice and developing capacity building programmes for regulators, donors, financial service providers and other parties operating in the low-income market. In collaboration with key partners and funders we actively engage across Africa, Latin America and Asia.
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Using behavioural interventions to improve uptake and usage of financial products
Astute business executives know that their customers are not the rational decision makers that economic models presume them to be.…
Micropensions and the future of work
Learning from the emerging world Earlier this month, we attended the World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Washington D.C. At the…
Mining the gap
The importance of data for closing the financial inclusion gender gap. The 2014 Global Findex Report identified that in developing economies, women…
Welcome to the Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)
Cenfri is an independent think tank based in Cape Town. Our mission is to support financial inclusion and financial sector development through facilitating better regulation and market provision of financial services. We do this by conducting research, providing advice and developing capacity building programmes for regulators, donors, financial service providers and other parties operating in the low-income market. In collaboration with key partners and funders we actively engage across Africa, Latin America and Asia.