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The Asia-Pacific Financial Inclusion Summit is the region’s premier thought leadership event on financial inclusion. The Summit will take place on March 21 & 22, 2017 at the JW Marriott in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hosted by the State Bank of Vietnam and organised by the Citi Foundation and the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC), in partnership with the Banking with the Poor Network (BWTP), the Economist Group, the Summit convenes key stakeholders in the inclusive finance ecosystem to drive collective actions to promote positive change and inclusive growth across the region.
Themed “Advancing Financial Inclusion in a Digital Age”, the 2017 Summit will explore the opportunities and challenges of the next generation of financial inclusion; Facilitate interactions with policy-makers on latest national and regional initiatives and frontier issues in enabling greater financial inclusion in Asia-Pacific; Showcase latest technology and innovations in financial products and services for the unbanked and underserved; Stimulate debates and exchange knowledge among thought leaders, experts, and fellow practitioners for best practice programming; Explore partnership models that can most effectively achieve scale and impact.
The Summit wil join more than 450 senior leaders from non-profit organisations, financial services institutions, central banks and government agencies, multilateral organisations, microfinance institutions, educational organisations, and businesses from across Asia and beyond for this milestone event.
Madam Nguyen Thi Hong, Deputy Governor for the State Bank of Vietnam will be delivering the keynote address at the Summit which will also see senior and prominent leaders from the financial inclusion ecosystem discuss current trends and explore possibilities for acting together. Key speakers available for Summit are Natasha Ansell, Citi Country Officer, Vietnam; Brandee McHale, President, Citi Foundation; Pia Roman, Director, Inclusive Finance Advocacy Office, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; Graham MacMillan, Senior Program Officer for Inclusive Economies, Ford Foundation; Manoj Sharma, Managing Director-Asia, MicroSave; Philip Course, Managing Director, Cullinan Group; Vijayalashkmi Das, CEO, Friend of Women’s World Banking; Gregory Chen, Head Policy, The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor; Shameran Abed, Head of Microfinance, BRAC, Chairman bKash; and Dr. Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University.
About the State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is a ministerial agency of the Government - the Central Bank of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The operations of the SBV aim at stabilizing the value of Vietnamese currency, ensuring safe and sound banking operations and the system of credit institutions, ensuring safety and efficiency of national payment system, and contributing to socio – economic development under the socialist orientation. For more information, visit www.sbv.gov.vn.
The Asia-Pacific Financial Inclusion Summit is the region’s premier thought leadership event on financial inclusion. The Summit will take place on March 21 & 22, 2017 at the JW Marriott in Hanoi, Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteHosted by the State Bank of Vietnam and organised by the Citi Foundation and the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC), in partnership with the Banking with the Poor Network (BWTP), the Economist Group, the Summit convenes key stakeholders in the inclusive finance ecosystem to drive collective actions to promote positive change and inclusive growth across the region.
Themed “Advancing Financial Inclusion in a Digital Age”, the 2017 Summit will explore the opportunities and challenges of the next generation of financial inclusion; Facilitate interactions with policy-makers on latest national and regional initiatives and frontier issues in enabling greater financial inclusion in Asia-Pacific; Showcase latest technology and innovations in financial products and services for the unbanked and underserved; Stimulate debates and exchange knowledge among thought leaders, experts, and fellow practitioners for best practice programming; Explore partnership models that can most effectively achieve scale and impact.
The Summit wil join more than 450 senior leaders from non-profit organisations, financial services institutions, central banks and government agencies, multilateral organisations, microfinance institutions, educational organisations, and businesses from across Asia and beyond for this milestone event.
Madam Nguyen Thi Hong, Deputy Governor for the State Bank of Vietnam will be delivering the keynote address at the Summit which will also see senior and prominent leaders from the financial inclusion ecosystem discuss current trends and explore possibilities for acting together. Key speakers available for Summit are Natasha Ansell, Citi Country Officer, Vietnam; Brandee McHale, President, Citi Foundation; Pia Roman, Director, Inclusive Finance Advocacy Office, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; Graham MacMillan, Senior Program Officer for Inclusive Economies, Ford Foundation; Manoj Sharma, Managing Director-Asia, MicroSave; Philip Course, Managing Director, Cullinan Group; Vijayalashkmi Das, CEO, Friend of Women’s World Banking; Gregory Chen, Head Policy, The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor; Shameran Abed, Head of Microfinance, BRAC, Chairman bKash; and Dr. Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University.
About the State Bank of Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is a ministerial agency of the Government - the Central Bank of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The operations of the SBV aim at stabilizing the value of Vietnamese currency, ensuring safe and sound banking operations and the system of credit institutions, ensuring safety and efficiency of national payment system, and contributing to socio – economic development under the socialist orientation. For more information, visit www.sbv.gov.vn.