Events

Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

24 May 2016 to 25 May 2016

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.

Program and Learning Materials:

24 May 2016
25 May 2016

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
24 May 2016	Welcome Address	Welcome Address - Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy Asian Development Bank’s Bambang Susantono in his welcome address at this conference highlightedhow (i) a sharing economy gathers individuals, companies...	Bambang Susantono
24 May 2016	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 services ...	Carol Realini
24 May 2016	Keynote Debate	The Speed of Change: Trends in Digital Finance -- Why it Matters!	Carol Realini, Rochelle Tomas, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Duncan Woods
24 May 2016	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
24 May 2016	Session 1 - Customer-Centricity for Financial Inclusion	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 push...	Deepak Mohanty
24 May 2016	Lunch Presentation	Financial Inclusion in Asia by Use of Distribution Network	Naoyuki Yoshino
24 May 2016	Session 2 - Digital Business Models for Financial Inclusion	Presentations on Business Models for Delivering Financial Services	Jenny Chang, Anju Patwardhan, Kalin Radev
24 May 2016	Session 2 - Digital Business Models for Financial Inclusion	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 ...	Christine Engstrom, Rainer Hartel
24 May 2016	Session 3 - Catalysts for Financial Inclusion	Discussions on Best Practice Cases and Scaling Up
24 May 2016	Session 3 - Catalysts for Financial Inclusion	Focus on Microfinance	Tanya Hotchkiss, Lito Villanueva
24 May 2016	Session 3 - Catalysts for Financial Inclusion	BASIX Social Enterprise Group BASIX Social Enterprise Group, at the forefront of financial inclusion, offers affordable, accessible, and scalable digital payments solutions to the ...	BL Parthasarathy
24 May 2016	Session 3 - Catalysts for Financial Inclusion	Focus on Remittances	Robert Bell, Imelda Nicolas
24 May 2016	Session 3 - Catalysts for Financial Inclusion	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 presentation...	Jonathan Capal
24 May 2016	Session 3 - Catalysts for Financial Inclusion	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 Specialist...	Sabine Spohn, Jonathan Capal
24 May 2016	Session 3 - Catalysts for Financial Inclusion	Focus on Government-to-Person Payments	Rishi Gupta, Simoun Ung

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
25 May 2016	Opening Remarks		Ma. Carmela Locsin
25 May 2016	Keynote Opening		David Brear
25 May 2016	Session 4 - Supervision and Regulation of Digital Financial Services: Keeping up with Market Development		Farida Peranginangin, Peter Morgan, Patrick Joseph Sadornas, Noritaka Akamatsu
25 May 2016	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. It...	Clarence Hui
25 May 2016	Session 5 - Perspectives on Consumer Protection and Emerging Risks in Digital Finance		Manoj Sharma, Janette Toral, Simoun Ung, Duncan Woods
25 May 2016	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 resources...	Jaclyn Berfond
25 May 2016	Session 6 - The Cost and Value of Digital Finance		Moinuddin Rahgir, Anthony Thomas, Prasanna Varadharajan
25 May 2016	Session 7 - The Way Forward		Shubhendru Khoche, Deepak Mohanty, Farida Peranginangin, Bruno Carrasco
25 May 2016	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 digital...	Diwakar Gupta
25 May 2016	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 solutions...