This learning event, organized by Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor and ADB Institute, aimed to bring together policy makers, financial sector supervisors and regulators, financial institutions, financial technology companies, academia, as well as financial sector experts to discuss opportunities and challenges in digital finance. Another objective of the event discussions was to identify how multilateral development banks such as ADB can support in this development by financing digital technology and transformation projects.
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| Welcome Address |
Welcome Address - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy
Asian Development Bank’s Bambang Susantono in his welcome address at this conference highlighted how (i) a sharing economy gathers individuals,…
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Bambang Susantono |
| Keynote Opening |
Keynote Opening - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy
Financial inclusion expert and entrepreneur Carol Realini in her opening keynote promoted “Banking as a Platform” as an approach to financial…
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Carol Realini |
| Keynote Debate | The Speed of Change: Trends in Digital Finance -- Why it Matters! | Carol Realini, Rochelle Tomas, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Duncan Woods |
| Session 1 - Customer-Centricity for Financial Inclusion | Presentations on Key Trends and Best Practices in Customer-Centricity | Christine Duhaime, Geric Laude, Myra Valenzuela, Ying Qian |
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Customer-Centricity for Financial Inclusion
Customer-centricity is the key to real financial inclusion with digitization as the tool towards this transformation. Recently, there has been a big…
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Deepak Mohanty | |
| Lunch Presentation | Financial Inclusion in Asia by Use of Distribution Network | Naoyuki Yoshino |
| Session 2 - Digital Business Models for Financial Inclusion | Presentations on Business Models for Delivering Financial Services | Jenny Chang, Anju Patwardhan, Kalin Radev |
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Lagging Performance of Agriculture Sector
The lagging performance of India’s agriculture sector affects majority of rural dwellers. Limited access to affordable funding for farmers constrains…
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Christine Engstrom, Rainer Hartel | |
| Session 3 - Catalysts for Financial Inclusion | Discussions on Best Practice Cases and Scaling Up | |
| Focus on Microfinance | Tanya Hotchkiss, Lito Villanueva | |
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BASIX Social Enterprise Group
BASIX Social Enterprise Group, at the forefront of financial inclusion, offers affordable, accessible, and scalable digital payments solutions to the…
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BL Parthasarathy | |
| Focus on Remittances | Robert Bell, Imelda Nicolas | |
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Developing Markets Associates
Remittances are a key source of development finance with about two-thirds of the global flow going to countries in Asia and the Pacific. This…
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Jonathan Capal | |
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Catalysts for Financial Inclusion: Remittance and Digital Finance
An animated, fact driven discussion on remittances was held in one of this event’s breakout sessions. Asian Development Bank Senior Investment…
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Sabine Spohn, Jonathan Capal | |
| Focus on Government-to-Person Payments | Rishi Gupta, Simoun Ung |
| Session / Activity | Title | Speaker(s) |
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| Opening Remarks | Ma. Carmela Locsin | |
| Keynote Opening | David Brear | |
| Session 4 - Supervision and Regulation of Digital Financial Services: Keeping up with Market Development | Farida Peranginangin, Peter Morgan, Patrick Joseph Sadornas, Noritaka Akamatsu | |
| Session 5 - Perspectives on Consumer Protection and Emerging Risks in Digital Finance |
Perspectives on Consumer Protection and Emerging Risks in Digital Finance
This presentation examines the state of financial consumer protection and the potential risks and costs of emerging and innovative banking services…
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Clarence Hui |
| Manoj Sharma, Janette Toral, Simoun Ung, Duncan Woods | ||
| Session 6 - The Cost and Value of Digital Finance |
Women's World Banking
This presentation introduces Women’s World Banking, a global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and…
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Jaclyn Berfond |
| Moinuddin Rahgir, Anthony Thomas, Prasanna Varadharajan | ||
| Session 7 - The Way Forward | Shubhendru Khoche, Deepak Mohanty, Farida Peranginangin, Bruno Carrasco | |
| Closing Remarks |
Closing Remarks - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy
In his closing remarks at this conference, Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Diwakar Gupta stressed that (i) public private partnerships are vital for…
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Diwakar Gupta |
| Highlight of the Event |
Conference Report - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy
Experts in this report shares insights about what works and what does not in the digital ecosystem for expanding innovative financial inclusion…
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Event Coordinator/s
- Raquel Borres
ADB Organizer/s
- Finance Sector Office
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Partner Organization/s
- Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
Topics
- Finance
- ICT