Chile's Ministry of Finance used its participation in Chile Fintech Forum 2025 to set out the public sector’s financial inclusion agenda, pointing to the January 2025 launch of Chile’s first National Financial Inclusion Strategy (ENIF) and emphasising that the key challenge is improving safe and effective use of financial products, not only expanding access. In a 13 May panel, Capital Markets Coordinator Alejandro Puente defined financial inclusion as access to financial services and digital payment tools alongside protected, appropriate and frequent use, and said the ENIF diagnostic identified significant gaps in usage despite high levels of access. He highlighted priority populations including older adults, women, young people and SMEs, and cited financial literacy weaknesses, including a 58% score for Chile in the 2023 OECD and Financial Market Commission (CMF) Financial Capabilities Survey. Puente also described the Presidential Advisory Commission for Financial Inclusion (CAPIF) as the coordination mechanism to reduce fragmentation across 17 public bodies, including the Central Bank of Chile, the CMF and the National Consumer Service (Sernac); the Ministry’s participation also included moderating a 14 May panel on transforming payments in Latin America.

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