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09:30 - 10:45 | FIGI SYMPOSIUM PLENARY
SECURITY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRUST HIGH LEVEL ROUNDTABLE: PREVENTION OF UNLICENSED DIGITAL INVESTMENT SCHEMES
Prior to the internet, fraudsters were generally limited to operating where they could meet victims face to face, or on the phone. With the advent of the Internet and social networks, unlicensed digital investment schemes can spread faster and are also using SMS. Social networks and the Internet allow fraudsters to reach multiple country markets simultaneously
Market monitoring methods, investigation/closure/prosecution of these schemes, however has not kept pace with the increase in sophistication and volume of these frauds. Nor are new actors or partnerships forming to work together to address the problem. This session aims to open a dialogue on the subject among concerned stakeholders and to engender new partnerships to combat the problem and the use of new technologies.
Moderator:
Jami Solli, Global Alliance for Legal Aid [ Biography ]
Draft Discussion Paper on Unlicensed Digital Investment Schemes
Panelists:
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Niyi Ajao, Executive Director, Business Development, Nigeria InterBank Settlement System [
Biography ]
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Md. Rashed, Joint Director, Banagladesh Bank [
Biography ]
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Stephen Mwaura, FSD Kenya
- Amol Kulkarni, CUTS International
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Nilimesh Baruah, Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, India [ Biography ]
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
REGTECH APPROACH TO DFS SUPERVISION
Financial authorities want to better monitor and understand financial marketplaces that are increasingly complex and innovative. The future of financial supervision and policymaking lies in using technology and data to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of information to support targeted, risk-based decision-making. This session will explore how a Regtech approach allows financial authorities to understand marketplaces and customer experiences and needs.
During the sessions, insights from the RegTech for Regulators Accelerator (R2A) initiative will be shared with the participants. We will also demo the new R2A vendor database.
Moderator: Simone di Castri, Director, BFA and RegTech for Regulators Accelerator (R2A)
Panelists:
- Marc Hollanders, Special Advisor on Financial Infrastructure, CPMI, BIS
- Bella Santos, Director, Payments and Settlement Office, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) [ Biography ]
- Daniel Gersten Reiss, Acting Head, Banking Operations and Payment System Research Division, Central Bank of Brazil [ Biography ]
- Christopher Calabia, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Ganesh Kumar, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
| GENDER ISSUES IN DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES (DFS) Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 to achieve gender equality, this session is designed to share emerging good practices for utilizing digital technology to facilitate women’s access to and use of financial services. It will open a dialogue on leveraging technology/DFS to promote gender equality in financial inclusion, targeting DFS providers, regulators and other concerned stakeholders. The focus of this session is to discuss how to overcome these barriers to increase adoption and usage of digital financial services by women and what actions are required from the key stakeholders at the national level to enhance women’s financial inclusion through DFS. Practitioners and researchers from Africa, East Asia and South Asia would discuss the gender impact of mobile payments and savings, credit and loan, insurance and micro-pensions delivered through digital technology/platforms.
Moderator: Jamie Zimmerman, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [ Biography ]
Panelists: - Padma Iyer-Kaul , DDG, DoT, Ministry of Communications, India
- Nathan Naidoo, Director Regulatory, GSMA [ Biography ]
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Hemant Baijal, Vice President, Global Public Policy, MasterCard
- Krishnan Dharmarajan, Executive Director, Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion, India [ Biography ]
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SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 to achieve gender equality, this session is designed to share emerging good practices for utilizing digital technology to facilitate women’s access to and use of financial services. It will open a dialogue on leveraging technology/DFS to promote gender equality in financial inclusion, targeting DFS providers, regulators and other concerned stakeholders. The focus of this session is to discuss how to overcome these barriers to increase adoption and usage of digital financial services by women and what actions are required from the key stakeholders at the national level to enhance women’s financial inclusion through DFS.
Moderator: Bilel Jamoussi, Chief Study Groups Department, ITU
Panelists:
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YoungJiang, Vice President Financial Service and Public Policy, TenCent [
Biography I Presentation ]
- Hongwei Luo, Senior Standardization Expert, ANT Financial Services [ Biography ]
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Atul Arora, Product Head, Rural and Inclusive Banking, ICICI Bank
[ Biography I Presentation ]
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| 13:30 - 15:30 | FIGI SYMPOSIUM
PLENARY
DFS World Tour: Challenges, Choices and Outcomes in Country Implementations
This session highlights Lessons Learned from 3 in-place implementations and looks ahead to opportunities in each of FIGI's three national implementation countries. We begin with contributions from Peru, India, and Tanzania, examining what worked what well and what challenges remain. We then shift to looking ahead to FIGI national implementations, with contributions from Egypt, and China.
Moderator: Carol Benson, Partner, Glenbrook
Panelists:
- Peru: Camilo Tellez, UNCDF [ Biography ]
- India: Ganesh Kumar, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
- Tanzania: Sosthenes Kewe, Executive Director, FSD Tanzania
- Egypt: Khaled Bassiouny, General Manager Financial Inclusion, Central Bank of Egypt [ Biography ]
- China: Hongwei Luo, Senior Standardization Expert, ANT Financial Services [ Biography ]
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