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25 March 2021
via Zoom
Finance Sector Group hosted a webinar on the impacts of COVID-19 on remittances in Asia. Developing and scaling up digital remittance channels for migrants and families were presented. SDCC DG Bruno Carrasco delivered the opening remarks and a panel of experts from CWPF and SAPF joined…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office
25 February 2021
via Zoom
SME lending schemes in DMCs are designed to help promote their access to finance. SAPF and SDCC-FSG hosted a webinar on 25 February 2021 to discuss SME financing challenges and their effects, with a focus on the role of government-supported SME financing institutions such as the…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, South Asia Department
20 February 2020
Heidi Lloce Mendoza, former Undersecretary General for Internal Oversight Services of the United Nations and former Commissioner of the Philippines' Commission on Audit, talked about her new book Audit is Life. The book covers the stories that happened during audit but are not included in an audit…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General
4 to 7 November 2019
The Third Finance Forum envisioned the future of inclusive finance by discussing how new technologies like artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain, the rapid expansion of mobile payments and digital banking, are helping to bring financial services to unbanked communities. Under its…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office
4 May 2019
In celebration of Internal Audit Awareness Month, the Institute of Internal Auditors Student Chapter – FEU in partnership with Institute of Internal Auditors – Philippines held the Internal Auditing Youth Summit 2019, an annual convention organized for 3rd to 5th year and fresh graduates of…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General
16 to 18 April 2019
Regulatory Sandbox Workshop (16 April 2019)
A sandbox is a process that enables developers to validate a concept that is either not permitted by current regulatory and/or policy frameworks or where there is regulatory ambiguity, to demonstrate commercial viability. By allowing experimentation in a…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office
2 April 2019
Ross Buckley, KPMG Law — King & Wood Mallesons professor of disruptive innovation, delivered a presentation on blockchains and their advantages and disadvantages. Each of the principal financial applications of blockchain, and their regulatory implications were considered. Applications included…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office
21 March 2019
Kate Landry, Build Change Philippines country director, and Daniel Stander, RMS global managing director, discussed risk models that allow estimate of lives lost and housing losses that would result from a large disaster, and which can quantify the lives saved and GDP saved that would result from…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Finance Sector Office
22 to 23 November 2018
The iaTech 2018 conference aimed to promote learning and sharing of digital technology in internal audit for public sector internal auditors. The conference served as a platform for auditors helping and learning from auditors. It was also a networking opportunity for the members from 85 countries…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General
13 October 2018
The Global Infrastructure Forum aims to enhance coordination among multilateral development banks and their development partners to better develop sustainable, accessible, resilient, and quality infrastructure for developing countries, and focuses on how governments and their working partners can…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office