Financial Inclusion: The Buck Starts Here

52 Minutes

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22 Sep, 2022

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Episode 5

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Host Siobhan O’Neill-Schwenk

Episode description

World Bank data shows almost 1.7 billion unbanked people globally, mostly in developing nations, are still transacting in cash. We dig into how FinTech solutions like agency banking, mobile money, and even gaming, plus high mobile phone penetration in affected regions worldwide, are playing a critic

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Participants

Dylan Lowrey

General Counsel and Head of Regulatory, Nium

Pat Patel

Executive Director, Elevandi

Isvary Sivalingam

Regional Lead - Southeast Asia, Better Than Cash Alliance at UN Capital Development Fund

Hosts

Siobhan O’Neill-Schwenk

Brand Marketing and Communications Strategist

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