FinancialAccess 348d ago

Co-hosted by the Financial Access Initiative (FAI) at NYU and FinDev Gateway, this faiVLive webinar will continue exploring the present and future of microfinance in development policy and practice. Join leaders from all parts of the microfinance sector as they continue exploring the present and future of microfinance in development policy and practice. We’ll be discussing pressing questions for funders, practitioners, policymakers and others, including: 1. How do we keep microfinance "on the rails" (in contrast to Cambodia for instance) given pressures to minimize subsidy? 2. What is "smart subsidy" in practice? What does smart subsidy look like from the perspective of practitioners, funders and policymakers? 3. How should limited subsidy be allocated? 4. What guidance is needed for regulators trying to chart a course between consumer protection, sustainability of subsidized finance reaching the excluded, and financial system stability and growth? 5. How will continued digitization influence this conversation over the next 5 years? How do we balance the cost of technology, the cost-savings of technology, and the risks of technology (surveillance, criminality)? This is a follow-up to Reassessing Microfinance as a Development Tool, a webinar hosted by FinDev Gateway on July 10 2024. This webinar features: Greta Bull, Director, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Upoma Husain, CEO, BRAC Rwanda Microfinance Company PLC Andrée Simon, President and Global CEO, FINCA International Sophie Sirtain, CEO, CGAP Tim Ogden, Managing Director, Financial Access Initiative at NYU Wagner (Moderator)