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UNSGSA Queen Máxima Remarks at South African FSCA Industry Conference

Good morning. 

It is a pleasure to join you virtually today. 

Thank you to the South African Financial Sector Conduct Authority for providing this platform to discuss priority financial sector issues facing South Africa today.

Last year I had the opportunity to visit South Africa to talk about financial health with government, the private sector, and every day South Africans. 

18 Mar. 2026

UNSGSA Queen Máxima Opening Remarks at Global FinTech Hackcelerator

Simply opening the doors to financial services is not enough. We must go further. We need to enhance people’s financial health by ensuring they have the tools to manage expenses, handle financial shocks, achieve personal goals, and build confidence in their financial lives. Read more
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Queen Máxima Keynote Remarks at Inclusive Finance for Development: 15 Years of Impact

We have built the rails. Now, what we really want to accomplish, is that households everywhere in the world have the right financial tools to manage their day-to-day expenses, invest in their future, and protect themselves against shocks like illness, a job loss, or climate-related events. Read more
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UNSGSA Queen Máxima Video Address for the International Association of Insurance Supervisors Global Seminar

UNSGSA Queen Máxima discusses the vital role of insurance in helping people recover and rebuild from financial shocks, and what insurance would look like through the lens of financial health. Read more

UNSGSA Queen Máxima Video Remarks at the First Plenary of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)

UNSGSA Queen Máxima discusses incorporating financial health into the G20 GPFI's priorities, emphasizing the critical relationship between financial inclusion and financial health, in this pre-recorded video address. Read more
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UNSGSA Queen Máxima Opening Remarks at the Colombia Fintech Association Conference

From rolling out user-friendly ID systems to boosting agent networks, Colombia has put in place many key policies enabling financial inclusion to flourish. Read more
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UNSGSA Queen Máxima Pre-Recorded Remarks at the ITU-UNDP SDG Digital Event

Over the past 14 years, we have seen the remarkable difference that digital services can make to people’s lives — through access to payments, finance, healthcare, education, and more. Read more
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UNSGSA Queen Máxima Remarks for Tanzania's Third National Financial Inclusion Framework Launch

One innovation can unleash a cascade of benefits. This is the holistic promise of inclusive finance, especially digital. Financial inclusion matters because it has the power to transform lives and livelihoods. Yet, it is not an end. Read more

UNSGSA Queen Máxima Video Address for the Responsible Finance Forum

The use of digital financial services is accelerating. In just the last four years, nearly 40% of adults in developing economies opened their first account to receive a wage or government payment. And the benefits ripple from households to entire economies. Read more
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UNSGSA Queen Máxima Remarks for the World Food Programme Executive Board Annual Session

Crises are getting worse in today’s world, not going away. WFP’s new cash transfer policy is a long and welcome step towards the day when all crisis-affected people know that even in dire circumstances, financial access continues. They can still put food on the table, secure health care, seek work… Read more

UNSGSA Queen Máxima Opening Remarks at IMF Seminar on Digital Public Infrastructure

Inclusive DPIs can catalyze digital contracts and e-commerce solutions. And this creates more efficient and competitive markets, and provides new opportunities to people previously left out. Read more
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UNSGSA Queen Máxima Video Remarks at Bank for International Settlements Innovation Summit

Digital innovation has the power to help build resilience, endure shocks, and bolster financial inclusion. Read more
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UNSGSA Queen Máxima Keynote Remarks for G20 India Development Working Group Event

Eight of the 17 SDGs highlight financial inclusion as a way to help achieve zero poverty, no hunger, good health, gender equality, and economic growth. We know financial inclusion can do this. And we have the data to show it.  Read more
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