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The conference discussed the growing importance of digital finance and its cross-cutting impacts on sustainable development goals, including poverty reduction, inclusive economic growth, inequality mitigation. It also discussed how digital finance can help address thematic issues such as hunger, health, education, gender, energy, infrastructure, and climate change.
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| Welcome Address |
Welcome Remarks during the 2nd Asia Finance Forum
ADB's Vice-President for Knowledge Management & Sustainable Development Bambang Susantono opened the 2nd Asia FInance Forum by sharing how…
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Bambang Susantono |
| Keynote Opening: Sustainable Development Goals and Digital Finance | Digital Finance for SDG: the future that is happening | Chen Long |
| Session 1: Panel Discussion | Making the Last Mile the First Opportunity with FinTech | |
| Session 2: How is FinTech Impacting Urban Development Across Asia? |
Digital Payment in Public Utilities: The Indonesia Experience
Indonesia employs a digital payment scheme for public transport. It uses a single card for payments to the commuter train, buses, and road tolls…
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Triyono [node:field_last_name] |
| Session 3a: Panel Discussion | Digital Finance and the Future of Commerce | |
| Session 3b: Panel Discussion | Financing Agriculture Value Chains in the Digital Age | |
| Sesssion 3c: Innovations in Digital Technologies that are Impacting Access to Insurance |
Asia Risk Transfer Solutions: Trends in Emerging Asia
The fast growth of the insurance industry in Asia demands new and innovative insurance approaches and processes. InsureTech, the application of …
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Alex Chen |
| Session 3d: Spring boarding pilot projects using digital financial technologies into full-blown projects |
FINCA Bank Georgia
In July 2017, FINCA Bank conducted a pilot project that aimed to facilitate the use of tablet devices on the field for loan processing and…
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Giorgi Samadashvili |
| Digital Finance Marketplace | ||
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| Session / Activity | Title | Speaker(s) |
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| Welcome Address |
Welcome Address at the 2nd Asia Finance Forum (Day 2)
Welcome address
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Ingrid van Wees |
| Keynote Opening Session |
Digital Finance: Balancing Regulation and Policies
AFI write-up on keynote session taken from AFI website.
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Alfred Hannig |
| Session 4: Panel Discussion | Creating An Enabling FinTech Environment | |
| Session 5: ICT Infrastructure and FinTech |
MobiCom: "E money" Customer and Regulatory Understanding
This presentation shares brief information on e-money, customer-based infrastructure, and the convenience joint cards provides to users, in the…
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Enkhsaikhan Munkhjargalan |
| Session 5: ICT Infrastructure and FinTech |
Telecom Infrastructure and DFS Initiatives in Pakistan
Pakistan has a vibrant telecoms sector, with over 140 million cellular phone subscribers and over 48 million broadband subscribers. It also has…
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Muhammad Arif Sargana |
| Session 6: Panel Discussion | Accelerating Financial Inclusion: The Role of Digital Identification | |
| Session 7a: Panel Discussion | Challenges of Cyber Security for FinTech Operations | |
| Session 7b: Panel Discussion | Test-and-learn Approaches, Regulatory Sandboxes, and RegTech - the Story So Far | |
| Session 7c: Panel Discussion | Data Privacy, Financial Education, and Consumer Protection | |
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| Session / Activity | Title | Speaker(s) |
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| Welcome Address | Gil-Hong Kim | |
| Keynote Opening Session |
Opportunities for FinTech in Asia
This presentation stresses the need for more inclusive digital payment systems and digital financial systems, especially since over 1.6 billion…
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Michael Wiegand |
| Session 8: Panel Discussion | Laying the Foundation for Digital Finance and Development Priorities | |
| Session 9: The Way Forward | ||
| Closing Remarks | Arsene Jacoby | |
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Event Coordinator/s
- Finance Sector Group
ADB Organizer/s
- Finance Sector Office
Partner Organization/s
- Asian Development Bank Institute, Alliance for Financial Inclusion, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, and the Government of Luxembourg
Topics
- Finance