Event Name: CGAP Technology Blog: Microfinance and Mobile Banking

Event Date: September 8 and September 9, 2010, the blog will open from 6:00am to 12:00pm (ET) each day

Event Location: Online

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Cost: Free

Summary of Event: How microfinance institutions (MFIs) around the world are responding to the potential and challenges of mobile banking.
Background on Organizer: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor)

Housed at the World Bank Group, CGAP is an independent policy and research center dedicated to providing financial access for the world’s poor. CGAP is supported by approximately thirty development agencies and private foundations. Its mission is to provide market intelligence, to promote standards and to offer advisory services to governments, microfinance providers, donors and investors.

Event Themes and Discussion Topics:

• What benefits can MFIs expect to gain from using mobile banking?
• Should an MFI in a country without any existing mobile banking infrastructure create its own mobile banking system?
• When should an MFI consider acting as a mobile agent?
• How can mobile baking can be used to collect loan repayments and deposits?

About the Presenters:

Aleksanr-Alain Kalanda, CEO, Opportunity Bank Malawi
David Kleiman, Managing Director, WING Money, Cambodia
Veasna Chumsam, Business Initiative Manager, VisionFund Cambodia

For additional information you may contact: Claudia McKay at pibarra@worldbank.org or US Tel: (202) 473-9594

Event Website: http://technology.cgap.org/

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By Matthew Fox, Research Assistant