MoneyWise Centres for Financial Literacy (CFL)

In 2017 Swadhaar FinAccess was 1 of only 6 NGOs to be selected as part of the MoneyWise Centre for Financial Literacy (CFL) Pilot Program by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Following a successful pilot experience, in December 2020 Swadhaar was nominated by the RBI as part of its scale up, and as of March 2024 operates 175 CFLs across 4 States of India in hip nationalized sponsor banks.

Our Centres of Financial Literacy (CFLs) are Centres of Hope and Action, catalysing financial inclusion in some of the most far flung and poor villages. Each CFL covers 3 blocks with 50% village coverage in each block and 30% of the adult population in each village. Across Swadhaar’s network of CFLs our Trainers work closely with the community and local institutions to provide holistic financial inclusion for families, and particularly women, through financial and digital literacy training, product linkages and handholding.

With this scale up to 175 centres, Swadhaar’s CFL network is aiming to achieve an outreach of 4 million underserved rural participants trained annually, and our vision is to ensure that the CFL becomes a trusted and permanent resource for rural families to access and use formal financial services, build their financial resilience and overall wellbeing.

Swadhaar’s Model under the RBI Moneywise Program: Centres for Financial Literacy (CFLs)