Under the patronage of Mansour bin Zayed / the Central Bank hosts the Financial Inclusion Leaders Summit in the Middle East and North Africa 2025 in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, November 13, 2025 – Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the UAE, Deputy Prime Minister, Chief of the Presidential Cabinet, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, the Central Bank, in partnership with the Arab Monetary Fund and the World Bank, will host the Financial Inclusion Leaders Summit in the Middle East and North Africa 2025, under the slogan “Shaping Regional and Global Agendas,” on November 17 and 18, 2025, in Abu Dhabi.
Hosting this summit, which is being held for the first time in the UAE, embodies the country’s commitment to leading the global agenda for inclusion and financial health, and enhances its leadership position as an international financial center.
The summit will witness the official launch of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy, highlighting the country’s leadership in developing a more comprehensive and sustainable financial system.
The summit aims to unify the efforts of policy makers, regulatory bodies and leaders of the global financial sector, starting from Abu Dhabi, to develop a unified vision that contributes to enhancing inclusion and financial health at the regional and global levels. It also seeks to build effective partnerships to advance progress in several areas, most notably: digital innovation, consumer protection, gender equality, and financial health.
In addition, the summit seeks to align national and regional priorities with global development agendas, enhance knowledge exchange, and strengthen cooperation to ensure equitable access to financial services, and develop comprehensive, responsible and sustainable financial systems.
Participating in the summit will be ministers and central bank governors, heads of financial regulatory and supervisory bodies in the Middle East and North Africa region, members of the Special Team of Envoys of the United Nations Secretary-General for Financial Health, in addition to heads of regional and international organizations, officials of global development agencies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, CEOs of financial institutions and financial technology companies (Fintech), along with a number of experts and specialists from across the region and the world.
The summit’s agenda includes high-level dialogue sessions to discuss many topics related to financial inclusion, including expanding the use of digital financial services, women’s financial health and economic empowerment, and financial culture.
The summit will also focus on policies and leadership in the financial sector by organizing the “New Generation Financial Inclusion – Connecting Innovation, Knowledge and Trust” forum, during which global experts will give presentations on innovation, financial culture and building trust, in the presence of more than 200 participants from senior representatives of the financial sector, including financial technology companies, business accelerators, innovation centers, and relevant government agencies.
The summit will witness the announcement of a group of new national and global initiatives aimed at promoting financial inclusion, digital innovation and sustainable development, most notably: the official launch of the UAE’s National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2026-2030, which represents a comprehensive national vision to enable all members of society to access financial services fairly and securely, and the presentation of the results of the regional version for Arab countries of the “Findex” global financial inclusion index, to monitor progress made in this field and support decision makers to develop policies to build more inclusive financial systems. Flexibility and sustainability, and the announcement of hosting the Global Financial Health Week in 2026.
At the conclusion of the summit, the “Abu Dhabi Declaration of Principles for Digital Financial Inclusion” will be issued, led by the Arab Monetary Fund, with support from the UAE Central Bank and the World Bank, containing joint commitments, policy priorities, and practical recommendations to enhance inclusive finance in the Middle East and North Africa region.
His Excellency Khaled Mohammed Al-Amaa, Governor of the Central Bank of the Emirates, said that the Central Bank’s hosting of the Financial Inclusion Leaders Summit for the Middle East and North Africa region comes from the vision of the wise leadership and the directions of the UAE in building an advanced and comprehensive financial sector. Through this summit, we seek to establish a new reference starting from the state to enhance financial inclusion at the regional and global levels, and to support efforts aimed at building a more comprehensive and sustainable financial system.
His Excellency added that in light of the rapid economic transformations taking place in the world, enhancing financial inclusion is a strategic priority to support financial stability and achieve sustainable development, and the Central Bank continues to intensify its efforts in developing policies and practices that ensure access to financial services to all segments of society. We look forward to this summit leading to fruitful results that contribute to formulating innovative solutions that enhance financial inclusion, support economic integration in the region, and consolidate the UAE’s position as a leading global financial center.
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