About Financial Inclusion Week 2026
Convened by the Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), the 12th annual FIW virtual global forum will take place October 5-8, 2026.
Financial Inclusion Week (FIW) features four days of live and on-demand content featuring 350+ expert speakers. Thousands of active participants gather to exchange ideas, research, and perspectives on how to advance the future of inclusive finance.
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FIW 2026 Theme
Inclusive Innovation: Building Financial Systems that Work for Everyone
Today’s emerging technologies hold the promise of delivering exciting gains for the work of the financial inclusion sector, but without an intentional and responsible approach to adoption, we risk leaving out of this promise those who remain most vulnerable. Many of today’s rapidly evolving technologies and innovations come with risks for consumers as well as challenges for those seeking to test solutions.
We are at a moment of learning, experimenting, and implementing as a sector. The 12th annual Financial Inclusion Week will convene on October 5-8, 2026, bringing together the financial inclusion community to explore how innovation and inclusion go hand in hand. FIW will also examine how being customer centric and responsible in adopting innovative solutions can enable financial health and build systems that ensure no one is left behind
About FIW+
Become a Regional Partner
In 2025, the Center for Financial Inclusion introduced FIW+ Regional Partners across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These partners enrich our global network by engaging stakeholders throughout their respective regions.
In 2026, CFI will introduce a new cohort of regional partners to carry this work forward ahead of this year’s Financial Inclusion Week. This year, regional partners will help drive regional participation in FIW by helping shape the regional agenda and by hosting in-person FIW gatherings in their respective regions.
The RFP for becoming a regional partner is open until February 27, 2026. If you are interested in becoming a regional partner for this key event, send us a one pager with your ideas on how you can drive awareness and participation in FIW from your region. Please email: center@accion.org
What to Expect at FIW
FIW 2025 At A Glance
Financial Inclusion Week is fully virtual and free to attend. The agenda is curated from session proposals submitted from across the sector. Stay tuned this spring for the Open Call for Session Proposals!
FIW features:
- 4 days of live sessions covering topics including climate, technology-led innovation, women’s financial inclusion, financial well-being, financial education, savings and insurance, and more
- An extensive on-demand content library including presentations, provider postcards, and panel discussions
- 200+ expert speakers
- AI-powered live translation in 60+ languages
- Regional live sessions from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East in local time zones for each respective region
FIW by the numbers: 2025
3,100+
74%
121
351
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Partner with us to help drive future FIW agendas.
Thanks to the generous support of our event sponsors, Financial Inclusion Week is free to attend. Sponsors support the critical conversations that take place each year and help inform the agenda.
FAQs
FIW 2026 will take place October 5-8, 2026.
Sign up for email updates and follow CFI on LinkedIn to keep up to date on all FIW announcements.
FIW is a virtual event. Sign up for email updates to learn about registration information for FIW 2026.
Every year, CFI opens a call for session submissions for anyone to submit a proposal for a live or on-demand session. The FIW 2026 call for session proposal will be announced in the spring of 2026.
All proposals are carefully reviewed by the FIW Selection Committee, comprised of both CFI staff and external advisors. Through a competitive process, submissions are selected for live or on-demand spots and sessions.
CFI invites organizations to support FIW and help drive forward the critical conversations to advance inclusive finance. Sponsors help maintain FIW as a free event for our global community and benefit from visibility on their contributions to inclusive finance. Contact center@accion.org for more information.
Please send any inquiries about FIW to center@accion.org.
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