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Ep.167: Insights on FATF Guidance - Financial Inclusion and AML/CFT Measures (Part Two)
This is the second in a two-part podcast series published in partnership with CGAP.
In June 2025, the Financial Action Task Force...

Ep. 166: Insights on FATF Guidance - Financial Inclusion and AML/CFT Measures (Part One)
This is the first in a two-part podcast series published in partnership with CGAP.
In June 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (...

Ep. 166: Assessing the Impact of Geopolitical Events on Supervisory Objectives
Geopolitical risks are emerging from multiple sources, with complex, varied, and country-specific effects. Understanding how these geopolitical events...

Ep. 165: Virtual Executive Panel - Accelerating Global Development through Innovative Financial Supervision & Regulation
This was an official virtual side-event of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development.
This executive panel exp...

Ep. 164: Virtual Executive Panel - From Risk to Resilience: Advancing Supervisory Action for Sustainable Banking in Latin America
This was a virtual executive panel delivered in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund.
Latin America's financial sector faces...

Ep. 163: Principles for Effective Supervisory Intervention
The term "intervention" can cover a range of actions, including requirements that a supervised financial institution strengthens its controls or gover...

Ep. 162: Securities Supervisors and Self-regulatory Organizations
This podcast explores the important role that self-regulatory organizations (SROs) play in securities markets, as well as the advantages, risks, and k...

Ep. 161: Executive Panel Session - Harnessing AI for Resilient Financial Systems: Implications for Supervisors
This panel took place at the 2025 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Spring Meetings.
The rapid evolution of financ...

Ep. 160: Virtual Panel Session - Navigating Global Uncertainty and Building Financial Resilience
In a time of global uncertainty and heightened risks, the financial sector faces unprecedented challenges that demand the attention of regulators and...

Ep. 159: Financial Education and Literacy-Strengthening the Stability and Resilience of Financial Systems
This podcast explores why financial literacy matters, its impact on financial stability and inclusion, and what can be done to improve it at all level...

Ep. 158: Women's Financial Inclusion - A Catalyst for Sustainable Development
Toronto Centre and CARE Canada co-hosted a virtual panel session to mark Canada's International Development Week.
Closing the financial i...

Ep. 157: Artificial Intelligence and Prudential Supervision
This podcast highlights the benefits and challenges of using artificial intelligence (AI) in prudential supervision.
The speakers discuss...

Ep. 156: The Supervision of Financial Institutions' Climate-related Transition Planning
There is an increasing focus on the role of financial institutions in contributing to climate-related change as a result of their financing of the act...

Ep. 155: Supervision of Financial Institutions’ Business Models
Financial institutions fail for many reasons. These failures are often the symptom or consequence of one or more underlying root causes. In some finan...

Ep. 154: The Rise of AI - Transforming Financial Markets and Supervision
This panel took place at the 2024 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Annual Meetings.
In today's fast-changing financial la...

Ep. 153: Climate-related Financial Risks
This was the fifth webinar of the series on the revised Core Principles for effective banking supervision.
The panel discussed the inclu...

Ep. 152: Operational Resilience and Proportionality
This was the fourth webinar of the series on the revised Core Principles for effective banking supervision.
The revised Core Principle 25...

Ep. 151: Risk Management and Business Model Sustainability
This was the third webinar of the series on the revised Core Principles for effective banking supervision.
The Basel Committee wants bank...

Ep. 150: Digitalization in Finance
This was the second webinar of the series on the revised Core Principles for effective banking supervision.
Advances in digitalization an...

Ep. 149: Financial Risks and Macroprudential Supervision
This was the first webinar of the series on the revised Core Principles for effective banking supervision.
The post-Global Financial Cris...

Ep. 148: The Role of Supervision in the Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons
The worldwide total of forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) reached 110 million in 2022, with the cross-border refugee population standing at 36.4 millio...

Ep. 147: Cross-Border Supervision of Capital and Liquidity Adequacy
Cross-border supervision is one of the more challenging supervisory priorities. It adds layers of complexity, new stakeholders, and potential challeng...

Ep. 146: Executive Panel Session: Combatting Financial Crime in a Digital Age
Financial crime is a significant threat to the safety and security of citizens and to the integrity of individual countries and the global financial s...

Ep. 145: Supervisory Intervention by Retail Conduct Supervisors
The nature of retail conduct supervision, which can often be more prescriptive and rules based, can result in different approaches to intervention.

Ep. 144: Supervision of Stress Testing by Financial Institutions
Stress testing should be a critical element of risk management for most financial institutions. It should alert boards and senior management to potent...

Ep. 143: Supervisory Stress Testing: A Primer
Supervisory stress testing is a technique used to assess the robustness of financial institutions and the broader financial system to severe but plaus...

Ep. 142: The Risk-Based Supervision of Liquidity
Liquidity is fundamental to the operation of financial institutions. Problems can quickly arise and escalate, threatening the stability of the financi...

Ep. 141 - A Call to Action: Addressing Natural Catastrophe Protection Gaps
The world's most economically vulnerable populations are frequently impacted by natural catastrophes (NatCats).
The International Associa...

Ep. 140 - Agricultural and Financial Systems’ Adaptation to Climate Change
Experts from the development and financial supervision sectors discussed some of the challenges and solutions for farmers from emerging markets and de...

Ep. 139 - The New ISSB Standards: Considerations for Financial Supervisors
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has developed new standards for sustainability reporting and climate-related disclosure.
...

Ep. 138 - Digital Financial Services for Financial Inclusion: Tools for Supervisors
In 2023, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) released a technical guide on Digital Financial Services for Financial Inclusion: Tools for...

Ep. 137 - Supporting Net-Zero Transition Planning
To achieve net-zero, every economic sector will need to decarbonize, and financial institutions need to fund activities supporting this transition. Fi...

Ep. 136 - Blended Finance for Climate Adaptation: Implications for Supervisors
Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) are facing numerous hurdles in mobilizing the necessary transition financing for decarbonization, in...

Ep. 135 - Risk-Based Supervision: Some Practical Implementation Issues
This TC Note and podcast address issues encountered by introducing risk-based supervision. These range from technical matters to more complex challeng...

Ep. 134 - Supervising Inclusive Financial Sectors
This TC Note and podcast brings together principles and practices related to financial sector oversight that are relevant to financial inclusion, incl...

Ep. 133 - Integrating Climate Change Risk into Institutional Investing: From Rhetoric to Action
The Intact Centre for Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo recently released a report on Integrating Physical Climate Change and Extreme W...

Ep. 132 - Executive Panel Session: Digital Finance and Crypto Assets Oversight: Where Do We Stand?
Crypto regulation was a key agenda of the G20 summit. While regulations and a framework have yet to be finalized, consensus emerged that a blanket ban...

Ep. 131 - Executive Panel Session: Nature-Related Risks, Macroeconomic Impacts, and Transition Planning
Central banks and supervisors need to consider climate change and biodiversity loss, which are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. Looking ahead,...

Ep. 130 - Supervising Migrant Insurance and Pensions
Annually, the world’s 280 million migrant workers send USD 1 trillion to 800 million family members. This TC Note and podcast explains why insurance a...

Ep. 129 - Fireside Chat: Building Climate Resiliency Through Financial Reforms
The frequency and devastation of climate-related disasters in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are growing. The risks of financial instability, f...