MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Central Bank of Sri Lanka Launches National Finance Inclusion Strategy

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), with assistance from the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), recently launched a National Finance Inclusion Strategy (NFIS). The strategy has four primary goals: “increase access to digital finance and payments, boost access to finance for MSMEs [micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises], protect financial consumers, and