INITIATIVE • CBUAE Financial Health Innovation Challenge

Led by the CBUAE and delivered by AIR, with support from Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and EIF Innovation Hub, the Challenge seeks market-ready solutions to improve financial health for individuals and MSMEs in the UAE. Apply now!

TECHSPRINT • Reframing Financial Regulation: Policy TechSprint

Join AIR’s Reframing Financial Regulation Policy TechSprint in Washington, D.C., October 7–8, 2026, to develop practical approaches to modernizing regulation and supervision. The event is supported by SoFi.

REPORT • Future of Financial Regulation Roundtable Recap

Explore key insights from AIR’s roundtable on modernizing financial regulation, including risk- and activity-based oversight, adaptive regulation, consumer protection, AI and supervisory modernization. This work is part of AIR’s Reframing Financial Regulation Initiative, supported by SoFi.

DESIGN SPRINT • Harnessing Gender Data for Inclusive Regulation

AIR’s virtual Global Design Sprint, July 20–Sept. 3, 2026, brought global experts together to turn gender-disaggregated data into practical tools, insights and action for inclusive financial regulation.

DESIGN SPRINT • Activating Gender-Disaggregated Data for Impact

AIR and the Central Bank of Nigeria hosted a three-day Design Sprint in Lagos to turn gender-disaggregated data into practical tools, policies and solutions that advance women’s financial inclusion.

INITIATIVE • Gender-Disaggregated Data for Inclusive Regulation

This program supports regulators to strengthen how gender-disaggregated data is collected, analyzed, and applied in supervision and policymaking. By positioning data as both a diagnostic and an accountability tool, the program supports more adaptive, inclusive regulation.

EVENT • Modernizing Digital Identity: Upgrading the Base Layer of the Digital Economy, Combatting Fraud & Preserving Privacy

AIR and Persona co-hosted a 90-minute webinar on digital identity, AI-enabled fraud, privacy, mobile IDs and pathways to trusted adoption.

INITIATIVE • PROTECT: Safeguarding Financial Inclusion Clients from Fraud and Scams

A globally connected coalition, co-led by the IDB Group, the Center for Financial Inclusion, and AIR, bringing together the financial inclusion ecosystem to share knowledge and identify practical solutions protecting vulnerable and low- and moderate-income consumers.

OFFERING • AIR’s Innovation Elements Framework

AIR’s proprietary human-centered framework helps financial regulators demystify and navigate complexity, adapt responsibly, and build confidence for sustainable change. This isn’t theory. It’s a tool for action.

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