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Closing non-bank, digital policy gaps will be central to this reorientation towards \u2018financial health\u2019. Regulators are already weighing measures that include stronger fintech Know Your Customer and governance rules, virtual asset frameworks, alternative collateral registries &#8211; so digital lenders can accept movable assets, such as crops, as loan security, and open finance directories to lower transfer costs and foster cross-platform interoperability. A working group under LEAD, a public-governance initiative, brings regulators and private-sector leaders together to align on digital finance reform priorities<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agreeing upon a universal definition of \u201cfinancial health\u201d and how \u2013 and how often &#8211; it should be measured<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Virtual assets e-KYC and open finance: Where does the private sector see the largest policy gaps preventing it from advancing \u201cfinancial health\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lessons from past national strategies: What truly incentivises the private sector to build affordable services and a savings culture in commercially unviable informal sectors?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","evenement-salon":[250],"class_list":["post-465984","sb_session","type-sb_session","status-publish","hentry","evenement-salon-250"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LEAD Working Group | Putting \u2018financial health\u2019 at the heart of regulatory reform - The African Financial Summit Platform<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_session\/lead-working-group-putting-financial-health-at-the-heart-of-regulatory-reform\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LEAD Working Group | Putting \u2018financial health\u2019 at the heart of regulatory reform - The African Financial Summit Platform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National financial inclusion strategies \u2013 such as Kenya&#8217;s recent 2025\u20132028 plan- are shifting from financial access for access&#8217;s sake toward ensuring households demonstrably thrive through diverse, affordable and quality services. 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