Financial Inclusion has become an important policy and development agenda for many developing countries. The concept of inclusive finance is at the heart of most Government initiative to level the playing field to support individuals and communities efforts, particularly the poor and the disadvantaged, to work themselves out of poverty and contribute to economic growth....
The Reserve Bank of Fiji launched the sixth edition of its Student Diary at the Namosi Secondary School today. The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Mr Barry Whiteside said that a total of 4,000 copies were printed which will be distributed to 26 secondary schools around Fiji, mostly those in the rural and maritime areas. This is an...
The winners of the Capital markets Be Money Wi$e Essay Competition were awarded their prizes by the Governor on 20 March. The Essay Competition is an activity under the Capital Markets Be Money Wi$e program which is an awareness program targeted at school students. The es-say was initially launched in 2012 and has since continued...
The Reserve Bank of Fiji officially launched the 2015 Student Diary at Dawasamu Secondary School on 27 February. A delegation led by Chief Manager Financial System Development Mr Vereimi Levula visited the school in Tailevu to officially hand over the dairies to the school to mark the launch. The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Mr...
The Reserve Bank of Fiji today organised an Information Session on Measuring Financial Inclusion with special focus on the Global Findex. Ms Dorothe Singer, an Economist with the Finance and Private Sector Research Team of the Development Research Group at the World Bank provided an update to financial sector stakeholders, representatives from government ministries, mobile network...
The Reserve Bank of Fiji has partnered with capital markets industry players to organise an essay competition for school students between the ages 15-19 years as part of the “be Money Wi$e” (bMW) program. The bMW program is part of the Capital Markets Awareness platform, targeting school students. The objective of the program is to promote the...
Financial inclusion stakeholders from around Fiji are meeting on Friday 13 November 2015, to agree on Fiji’s National Financial Inclusion Strategic Plan (2016-2020). The proposed strategy is formulated to build on the achievements from the first national strategy (2010-2014) and the results from the recent demand side survey on financial services and other reports published...
The central bank yesterday drove through the rough terrain mountains in Namosi to spread the gospel of financial education to students who do not have the privilege to access financial literacy trainings and technology such as students in the urban areas.
Miss Sakshi Prayatna of Lautoka Andhra Sangam College was overjoyed when she was judged the best entrant from a total of 224 essays received from high school students throughout the country. She was awarded $100 cash and $600 worth of units in Fiji’s two Managed Funds – Fijian Holdings Unit Trust and Unit Trust of...
The Reserve Bank of Fiji in partnership with the global payments technology company VISA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 National Financial Inclusion Taskforce (NFIT) Website awareness campaign that was held from 6 August 2015 – 30 September 2015. The nationwide awareness campaign was run through the Fiji Broadcasting Corporations iTaukei, English and Hindi...
