21st Annual Global Microfinance & Financial Inclusion Forum

SUMMARY

After two decades under the name Global Microfinance Forum, we’ve expanded our scope to reflect where the industry is truly headed. The new name captures our evolving mission: moving beyond access and credit toward full-spectrum financial inclusion that promotes resilience, dignity, and long-term impact.
Today, financial inclusion must adapt to conflict zones, climate change, digital exclusion, and a rapidly growing informal economy. This year’s agenda brings these realities to the forefront, with sessions focused on practical innovation and cross-sector collaboration.
By bringing together practitioners, donors, investors, fintechs, and policymakers, this forum offers more than discussion — it’s a platform for real solutions in complex environments. Whether through tailored lending models, embedded insurance, or integrated e-commerce partnerships, the focus is on building inclusive systems that serve real people in real-world conditions.

DAY 1

  • Scaling Protection: Innovations Driving the Next Frontier in Microfinance
  • The Role of Digital Wallets in Expanding Financial Access
  • Digital Literacy and Infrastructure Challenges for Online Microfinance – Who Gets Left Behind?
  • Impact of Reduced Development Aid on Financial Inclusion Actors
  • Microfinance and Peer-to-Peer Lending: Collaborative Finance
  • Tailored Microfinance for Conflict-Affected Areas
  • AI and Blockchain as Help for Fragile States
  • Navigating the Fintech Landscape: Challenges of Regulation and Ethical Innovation
  • Microfinance – Journey from Digital Inclusion to AI
  • AI Driven Credit Models and Interest Rate Reduction on the Example of Kenya
  • The Credit-Data Dilemma: Who Really Owns Financial Identity?
DAY 2
  • Counting Progress or Choosing KPIs: Measurement Dilemma in Microfinance
  • Financing the Climate Transition: Microfinance for a Low-Carbon Future
  • Climate-Conscious Microfinance: MFIs as Catalysts of Climate Literacy
  • Mental Health and Financial Resilience in Microfinance
  • From Access to Empowerment: Integrating Microfinance, E-Commerce, and Logistics through Postal Networks
  • Microfinance in the Age of Gig Work: Financing the New Informal Economy
  • Unlocking Growth Through Integrated Microfinance Solutions
  • Pro-Poor Microfinance Works
  • From Climate Risk to Climate Opportunity in Food Finance
  • Capital with a Gender Lens: Empowering Women, Transforming Systems
  • Microfinance 2.0: What Will Industry Look Like in 2030

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Dates: March 31, 2026 - April 1, 2026

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