Postal networks: A Platform for Financial Inclusion Enablement

This paper aims to provide an overview on the Financial Inclusion Technical Assistance Facility (FITAF), a joint programme formulated by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), Visa Inc. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance common goals of financial inclusion (FI). Visa and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s sponsorship of the FITAF programme has been of instrumental value to its inception, its ability to engage with the UPU postal networks globally, and its success in enabling the various deployments of FITAF digital financial service (DFS) projects. This paper will focus on sharing key insights on the FITAF programme’s execution journey, participating UPU member country engagement methodologies, key aspects of the programme’s governance, management of its progress, the impacts of FITAF, and the lessons learned therefrom.
Postal networks: A Platform for Financial Inclusion Enablement