Upcoming report launch webinar - Joined-Up Regulation: Closing the Coordination Gap in Digital Finance

Who governs the data that powers digital finance? And what happens when regulators aren't aligned?

Join Financial Innovation for Impact and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance for the launch of Joined-Up Regulation: Coordination Between Data Protection and Financial Authorities in Emerging Markets - a new report examining how data protection and financial sector authorities coordinate across 10 emerging and developing economies in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

As digital financial services increasingly depend on personal data, fragmented oversight can create regulatory uncertainty, slow innovation, and leave consumers exposed. Our research finds that the biggest barrier is often not legal, but institutional: data protection authorities are frequently missing from the coordination mechanisms that shape financial sector policy and supervision.

Our report explores the implications across five critical areas:

• Fraud prevention

• Open banking and open finance

• AI-driven credit underwriting

• Cross-border data flow

• Digital identity and KYC

Discover the report's key findings and practical recommendations for policymakers, regulators and industry leaders:

You'll also gain insights from a panel of regulators and experts discussing what effective coordination looks like in practice, why it matters now, and where progress can begin. Our speakers include:

🔵 Sabine F. Mensah, Deputy CEO, AfricaNenda Foundation 

🔵 Kate Jones, CEO, Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) 

🔵 Muhidin Shifa, Director, Financial Consumer Protection & Education Directorate, National Bank of Ethiopia

🔵 Diana Firth Novelo, Team Lead, Risk & Data Unit, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 

🔵 Mike Truter, Head of Industry Engagement, Swift

🔵 John Walubengo, Senior Deputy Data Commissioner - Compliance,

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Kenya 

🔵 Research insights from Max Bentovim, Data Protection Lead, Financial Innovation for Impact 

🔵 Welcome remarks from Hunter Sims, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Financial Innovation for Impact, and Pavle Avramović, Director of Research & Policy, Financial Innovation for Impact. 

Whether you're a regulator, policymaker, fintech leader or development practitioner, this webinar will offer valuable insights into one of the most important governance challenges facing digital financial services today.

Register and be part of the conversation shaping the future of digital finance and data governance!