The Reserve Bank of Fiji said the National Financial Inclusion Taskforce held its first semi-annual meeting of 2026 to review delivery under the current National Financial Inclusion Strategy and discuss remaining challenges. The meeting highlighted progress across the strategy’s four working groups, while the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s deputy governor, acting as taskforce chair, called for a stronger push on financial literacy and better data collection to support impact assessment and evidence-based reporting. Reported milestones included draft implementation guidelines for Fiji’s Green Finance Taxonomy, completion of the 2025 Demand Side Survey with the report being prepared for launch and dissemination, and finalization of a draft National FinTech Strategy for stakeholder consultation and validation. The taskforce also reported adoption of MSME baseline indicators and a national definition for women-owned and women-led MSMEs, completion of vendor selection for Fiji’s first peer-to-peer lending platform with deployment work progressing through the Reserve Bank of Fiji Regulatory Sandbox and the Fiji Innovation Hub, issuance of a complaints-handling policy guideline for payment service providers, and the launch of the Fiji Innovation Hub with capability-building workshops, a hackathon, an activator programme and dedicated workspace at the central bank.
Reserve Bank of Fiji2026-07-06
Reserve Bank of Fiji reviews National Financial Inclusion Strategy progress at first 2026 taskforce meeting
The Reserve Bank of Fiji said the National Financial Inclusion Taskforce used its first 2026 semi-annual meeting to review progress under the current National Financial Inclusion Strategy and to flag financial literacy and data collection as priority areas. Updates included a draft National FinTech Strategy, completion of the 2025 Demand Side Survey, progress toward Fiji’s first peer-to-peer lending platform, a new complaints-handling guideline for payment service providers, and launch activities for the Fiji Innovation Hub.