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Remittances: Harnessing the $1 Trillion Remittance Market to Accelerate Access to Inclusive Finance

5 November 2019
It is estimated that the money international migrants send home annually exceeds US$1 trillion (including informal transfers) and is significantly higher than overseas development assistance and foreign direct investment received by nearly all developing countries. Previously ignored or…

Mobile Money Embracing Payments as a Platform in Asia

5 November 2019
After a decade of growth, mobile money continues to provide innovative services that are having a profound commercial and social impact in emerging markets. The Asian landscape however is evolving fast: increased competition and strong growth in smartphone penetration are propelling evolution…

Regtech and suptech: How digitizing reporting and regulatory processes boosts the efficiency and proactive monitoring of risk and compliance

5 November 2019
Regtech includes any use of technology to automate regulatory compliance or oversight processes. The term was first used to describe compliance technology used by regulated firms, but its meaning has broadened to include all technology used for regulation. Suptech is useful shorthand for the…

FarmTrek Blockchain Ecosystem

5 November 2019
FarmTrek is a solution of InfoCorp Technologies, an integrated FinTech and AgriTech company that aims to bring inclusive financial services to the livestock industry in emerging markets. InfoCorp was founded in 2015 with headquarters in Singapore

Tanijoy

5 November 2019
Tanijoy builds an agricultural ecosystem where farmers can be more independent, collaborative and interconnected through technology. The company is based in Sudirman, South Jakarta and was established in 2017

AI for Financial Inclusion

5 November 2019
Digital payments are an “on-ramp” to financial inclusion and Visa has spent the last 60 years connecting hundreds of millions of people and organizations to a global system that enables fast, safe, and reliable financial transactions. In 2015, Visa publicly committed to provide payments accounts to…

Cyber Crime: The Known Unknown Emerging Exposure

4 November 2019
Cybercrime is the most underestimated economic risk. Without proper understanding and a managed-risk approach to handling it, countries are severely exposed to outlier economic losses that could eventually cause broad reputational harm and unexpected financial losses. This workshop presented the…

Financing Last Mile Communities

30 October 2019
[Session Summary] We cannot solve poverty without addressing financial inclusion; and we cannot bring about financial inclusion at any sort of scale without technology that is relevant and useful to the people you are giving it to. Learn how AgUnity works to achieve this through the use of…

Getting GovTech Ready for Artificial Intelligence

4 September 2019
When and how should GovTech adopt artificial intelligence? What enabling environment needs to be in place? Download this presentation to learn more.

Global Value Chains and 4th Industrial Revolution: Towards a Consumer-Centered Economy

4 September 2019
In the digital economy, vast amount of consumer information is collected. The Fourth Industrial Revolution also allows to integrate this information in all stages of the value creation. Download this material to learn more.