This year’s theme "Finance to Empower & Protect" reflects the core of Cerise+SPTF’s new 10-year strategy, focused on building a financial sector that protects, empowers, and supports customers as they navigate evolving challenges.

The Consumer Finance Risk Monitor 2026 examines trends and challenges affecting financial consumers in 60 jurisdictions, and discusses responses for policymakers, regulators and supervisors.

This step reflects the CBUAE’s proactive supervisory approach and its commitment to keeping pace with rapid developments in digital transformation and smart financial services.

As open finance regimes proliferate, consumer experience frameworks must lay the foundation for consumer empowerment and protection.

This toolkit provides an overview of key trends, evidence, and emerging practices in gender-sensitive consumer protection, drawing on member experiences, surveys, and stakeholder consultations.

Cerise+SPTF and Grameen Foundation collaborated on research to test a survey instrument designed to measure the nature and prevalence of financial abuse.

When a breadwinner dies without a plan, their assets frequently go unclaimed or are taken by unintended parties. Low-income families need to be empowered to safeguard the future for the generations that follow.

This publication offers a comparative analysis of data protection laws across Asia and Africa, identifying enforcement gaps and proposing reforms to foster secure, inclusive, and trust-driven digital ecosystems in emerging economies.

The goal of this research is creating digital financial services that users genuinely trust and feel confident using, making finance fairer and more inclusive for all.

Designed for authorities, providers, and support organizations, this Technical Guide offers a roadmap of solutions to build more customer-centric, risk-conscious and responsible digital credit ecosystems