The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: The Fintechs
The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: The Fintechs At the Financial Inclusion Summit held in Oslo on 28th March 2019, 34 fintechs showcased the projects and products that are leading financial inclusion worldwide. We have asked some of them how the Summit can remain the prime platform to accelerate the work of…
Read Article →Who’s excluding whom?
Who’s excluding whom? Challenging financial services providers to understand why the “unbanked” often choose to remain so In this article by The Economist, in partnership with Mastercard, the issue raised is how financial services providers can reach the 1.7bn “unbanked” adults worldwide, by first considering why they may be choosing to stay in the…
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Susanne Hannestad
Susanne Hannestad, CEO, Fintech Mundi “What are we going to do to beat financial exclusion? Collaboration is the key” says Susanne Hannestad. Banks, governments, fintechs, public sector, private sector, NGOs are bound to come together to end financial exclusion. For news on the next edition of the Financial Inclusion Summit follow us on @FinIncSummit…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Ruth Goodwin-Groen
Ruth Goodwin-Groen, Chief Executive Officer, Better Than Cash Alliance, USA Financial Inclusion: a Visible Milestone? “NOW is the time to act to accelerate digital financial inclusion if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals” says Ruth Goodwin-Groen. Using the tools of modern technology, investment and trade, the end of financial exclusion is…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Snapshots of success
Snapshots of success Petter-Børre Furberg – Telenor – Snapshots of success – Myanmar Costanzo da Silva – Transferwise – Snapshots of success – Brazil Arthur Sletteberg – NMI – Snapshots of success – India Jens Glaso – Blockbonds – Snapshots of success – Africa To find out…
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Fintech Innovators Speak Out
Fintech Innovators Panel – moderated by Susanne Hannestad, CEO, Fintech Mundi The Panel included: Magnus Nilsson, Founder and Executive Chairman, iZettle, Sweden; Selma Kveim, Chief Executive Officer, Bright Products, Norway; Sebastian Olivera, Board Member, Cámara Uruguaya de Fintech, Uruguay and CMO, askRobin, Estonia; Thea Sommerseth, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Diwala, Norway….
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Pierre Guislain
Pierre Guislain, Vice-president, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, African Development Bank, Côte d’Ivoire Pierre Guislain focuses on the major development that have shaped the landscape of financial inclusion in Africa “a continent that has made tremendous strides.” To find out more, view the summit report by Mastercard here.
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Hedwige Nuyens
Hedwige Nuyens, CEO, International Banking Federation, UK In addressing the audience at The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019, Nuyens offers a different perspective on financial inclusion and opens her remarks by saying “It is important that we talk about climate change, when we talk about financial inclusion. How is population going to grow…
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Drew Propson
Drew Propson, Project Lead Financial Services, WEF, Switzerland In spite of increased availability of technology globally over the last decade, significant barriers to access remain for the world’s 1.7 billion unbanked – a web of challenges ranging from lack of formal identity, to gender, location and literacy. What role can innovators play…
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Panel – From billions to trillions in funding
Panel – From billions to trillions in funding The panel includes: Els Boerhof, Managing Partner, Goodwell, Netherlands; Erik Sandersen, Executive Vice President, Financial Institutions, Norfund, Norway; Sofie Blakstad, Chief Executive Officer, Hiveonline, Denmark; Ann Cairns, Vice Chairman, Mastercard, UK. Moderator: Kim Wahl, Chairman, Voxtra, Norway. Els Boerhof on Goodwell “We are a…
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