Developing Countries: Financial Services

(asked on 15th April 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has provided support to developing countries to formulate regulations on mobile financial services.


Answered by
Nick Hurd Portrait
Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 20th April 2016

Work to support formulation and improvements to regulations on mobile financial services is a key part of DFID’s portfolio of financial sector programmes around mobile financial services across Africa and Asia. The UK is also an active advocate at the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), including as co-chair of the key subgroup on regulation and standard-setting bodies.

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