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Ep.167: Insights on FATF Guidance - Financial Inclusion and AML/CFT Measures (Part Two)

12 Sep 2025 · 43 min · Episode 167

This is the second in a two-part podcast series published in partnership with CGAP.

In June 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), issued guidance on Financial Inclusion and Anti-Money Laundering, and Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT) measures. FATF recognizes that applying an overly cautious approach to anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, AML/CFT safeguards, can have the unintended consequence of excluding businesses and consumers from the financial system.

The speakers discussed:

• Balancing AML/CFT compliance with financial inclusion • The potential of RegTech and SupTech to enhance financial inclusion • The importance of sex-disaggregated data in removing barriers to financial inclusion

Speakers:

Mehmet Kerse, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP

Louis de Koker, Consultant, CGAP; Professor of Law, La Trobe University, Australia

Host:

Richa Goyal, Program Director, Toronto Centre

Read the transcript here. Read their biographies here.

Read the FATF's updated Guidance on Financial Inclusion and Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Measures here.

Listen to the first part of the podcast here.

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Links in the notes 5

• https://www.cgap.org/
• https://torcentre.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/Files/EZP6FPMThdJPv8cfY0_mcWYBlEVC6yDJM6dABNkzkrONOQ?e=IuIE2P
• https://torcentre.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/Files/EVySeGghunhIvPkcF2M5j4EBxYlD9iEKXSwFmTobdrYdEg?e=uCzBT5
• https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Financialinclusionandnpoissues/guidance-financial-inclusion-aml-tf-measures.html
• https://torontocentre.org/

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