Range of practice in the regulation and supervision of institutions relevant to financial inclusion

Over the last decade there has been an engagement by international standard setting bodies on the relevance of financial inclusion objectives relative to banking regulation and supervision. The focus of providers and others interested in financial inclusion has broadened to include the full range of financial products and services that low-income and poor households may use to manage typically uneven income and expenses, as well as to accumulate assets and mitigate economic shocks. Therefore this document reports on the results of a survey intended to understand current regulatory and supervisory practices with respect to deposit-taking institutions and other financial institutions of relevance to financial inclusion.