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The future of financial regulation is here. For over seven years, AIR has shaped the global conversation on regulatory modernization, building a foundation of research, advocacy, and convenings. Now, we’re moving from insights to action, ensuring oversight is technology-enabled, data-driven, and future-proof. Through collaboration, innovation, and real-world implementation, we help regulators and financial institutions navigate this transformation — creating a more resilient, transparent, and fair financial system.

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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.

DESIGN SPRINT • Activating Gender-Disaggregated Data for Impact

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

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. 4, 2026, brings global experts together to turn gender-disaggregated data into practical tools, insights and action for inclusive financial regulation.

NEWS • Jerry Buckley Joins AIR to Focus on Emerging Role of Agentic AI in Consumer Finance

Jerry Buckley joins AIR as Counselor Advisor to advance work on agentic AI, consumer empowerment, and the future of consumer finance. He will lead work focusing on the role AI agents will play in consumer finance transactions and how regulatory frameworks will need to evolve to respond to this new market dynamic.

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.

WHITE PAPER • Stablecoins in Africa Playbook

Building on GDF’s Global Stablecoin Regulatory Playbook, this new companion paper written by AIR in collaboration with CGAP and MIT DCI translates global stablecoin principles into African market regulatory considerations, supporting policymakers in assessing risks and opportunities across diverse markets and user segments.

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.