LuLu Money Technologies, a leading financial services technology provider in the GCC, opened its new AI Innovation Hub in Abu Dhabi, marking a step towards actionable AI-led financial systems that not only simplify, but actively execute everyday financial decisions at scale. 

In rural Ghana, there is a gap between financial inclusion data and women’s lived reality. While women may have mobile money accounts registered in their names, many are unable to use the accounts themselves, either relying on intermediaries or ceding control to other family members.

The decree requires certain financial institutions to share three categories of data with authorized third-party recipients.

AI is changing how we understand clients. Are we using it to get closer to them or further away? That's the question at the heart of the Boulder Microfinance Training (MFT) 2026, a two-week intensive for senior financial inclusion leaders.

This panel discussion focused on how institutions and regulators can strengthen resilience, enhance cross-border coordination, and prepare for a future in which emerging technologies, cyber conflict, ransomware, and financial crime increasingly intersect. 

This paper examines international experiences with open finance, shedding light on its impact on competition, market entry and financial access, while discussing the challenges that remain.

This paper reviews current pricing practices in open finance, assesses how these models influence key objectives such as competition and innovation, and considers how different open finance archetypes shape the feasibility of various pricing approaches.

The World Bank's Global Findex 2025 reveals that 77% of women globally now hold a financial account, yet in some low- and middle-income countries, women are still up to 30 percentage points less likely to own one than men. So, what's driving this persistent divide, and how do we close it?