The Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion, was set up by the Institute for Financial Management and Research, IFMR, in Sep 2014 as a premier organization geared towards research, analysis and innovation in the area of digital financial inclusion. The focus is on testing new innovations and creating an enabling environment for expanding access to digital financial products and services to groups t
hat do not currently have access to them. The Centre works through partnerships to catalyse the use of digital technology for increasing access to savings, insurance, credit, and payment services for poor, rural, and other excluded population segments. The CDFI will advance the following objectives, all of which are aimed at poor, rural, or otherwise excluded population segments:
1. Drive payments made to excluded population segments onto digital platforms;
2. Work with commercial providers to test and scale new digital payment innovations;
4. Analyze policy/ program implementation frameworks to help create an enabling environment for digital financial inclusion; and
5. Create public goods to accelerate diffusion of best practices.
