Hooi Ling Tan Keywords mobile payments financial services Southeast Asia transport Grab Urban Development Read more about Hooi Ling Tan Hooi Ling Tan is the cofounder of Grab, Southeast Asia's leading "superapp" that offers a wide range of on-demand services, including mobility, food, package and grocery delivery services, mobile payments, and financial services to millions of Southeast Asians. Based in Singapore, she oversees critical pillars of Grab’s operations, including corporate strategy, technology (product, design, engineering, data science and analytics), user experience, and people operations.
Accelerating Digital Financial Services and Infrastructure Read more about Accelerating Digital Financial Services and Infrastructure The ninth Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Accelerating Digital Financial Services and Infrastructure” discussed policies and measures that can help countries accelerate the growth of digital financial services anchored on strong digital infrastructure amidst COVID-19.
Meeting needs of women entrepreneurs in Azerbaijan Read more about Meeting needs of women entrepreneurs in Azerbaijan The presentation includes: (i) an introduction of the Azerbaijan Microfinance Association and its work towards advancing the microfinance community; (ii) an overview of the impact of microfinance on income and savings of women vis-a-vis men; (iii) interventions to bridge the gender gap in microfinance and how financial and non-financial services should be customized in order to cater to the needs of women entrepreneurs; and (iv) projects of AFMA that are supportive of women.
Telecom Infrastructure and DFS Initiatives in Pakistan Read more about 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 various digital financial services, which has garnered about $2.4 billion mobile transactions through mobile banking in 2016 to 2017. This presentation provides a brief overview of Pakistan's telecoms infrastructure as well as the range of digital financial services it offers.