DFS Observatory

The Digital Financial Services Observatory, founded in 2016, is a project of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) at Columbia University Business School in New York. It is funded by the Gates Foundation.

Our activities include:
- World's first comprehensive curated library of DFS-related laws, regulations and policies
- Over 780 DFS legal documents from over 55 countries in our searchable database
- Free webinars & quizzes on DFS-related topics, leading to a Certificate Program for registered participants
- Commentaries and policy documents on DFS regulation
- Publications on a range of DFS-related topics, including those from the ITU DFS Focus Group
- Our annual FinTech, DFS, Blockchain & Emerging Payments Summits in New York