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Background

Improved access to financial services improves the​welfare of households and the viability of small businesses. Financial systems have been expanding in Asia, however, much remains to be done to provide quality services at low cost to people and small business, including poorer regions where financial institutions are less likely to see profitable opportunities.

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The development of information and communications technologies provides opportunities to increase financial inclusion, but digital finance also requires financial awareness and literacy. Consumers need to be fully informed of the costs and risks of the offered financial products. The conference will gather leading academics, policy makers, and industry practitioners to discuss academic findings, experiences, and policy considerations related to the use of innovative financial technology to promote financial inclusion and economic development. The conference will be one in a series to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Bank of Thailand.


 

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August 6,2018

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6 August 2018

08.30 - 09.00​ R​egistration​​ ​​
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09.00 - 09.30 ​Welcoming remarks​

V​eerathai Santiprabhob, Governor, Bank of Thailand
Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI​
09.30 - 10.15 ​Keynote speech

​ Masaaki Shirakawa, former Governor, Bank of Japan [slide​]
10.15 - 10.30 Coffee Break and group photo​ ​

10.30 - 12.00 Session 1 - Inf​rastructure finance: Enhancing returns to attract private sector investors​​

Moderator

 Peter Morgan, Senior Consulting Economist and Co-Chair of Research, ADBI​

Presenter

 ​Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI​​

Panellists
  • ​​​​​C​​hristopher Kaminker, Head of Research, Climate & Sustainable Finance, and Senior Advisor, Large Corporates & Financial Institutions, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken​

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  • ​Suk Hyun, Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Southern California (Research Fellow, Korea Capital Market Institute)​
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  • ​Noritaka Akamatsu, Senior Advisor (Financial Cooperation and Integration), Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB​​
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12.00 - 13.00​ ​ Lunch​​​​​​​​​

13.00 - 14.30 Session 2 - Innovation for household finance: management of household debt overhang, fintech and big data, financial literacy and financial education​ ​

Mo​​derator​

 Pornpen Sodsrichai, Director, Economic Analysis Office, Bank of Thailand

Prese​nter

 Krislert Samphantharak, Advisor, Puey Ungphakorn Institute For Economic Research / Associate Professor, Un​iv​ersity of California at San Diego (UCSD)​ [s​​lide]

Panellists​
  • ​​Peter​ Morg​an, Senior Consu​lting Economist and Co-Chair of Research, ADB​I
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  • ​Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI​​
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  • ​Robert Wardrop, Co-founder and Dir​ector, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance​​​​​​​
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14.30 - 16.00 Session 3 - Agricultural finance: fintech and big data, micro insurance / microcredit, village lending, risk models​ ​​

Moderator​

 Noritaka Akamatsu, Senior Advisor (Financial Cooperation and Integration), Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Departme​nt, ADB

Presenter

 Craig McIntosh, Professo​r, UC San Die​go [slide]

Panellists​
  • P​eter Lovelock, Director and Founder, TRPC Pte Ltd​
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  • ​Antonis Malagardis, Progr​am Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Regulatory Framework Promotion of Pro-poor Insurance Markets in Asia (RFPI Asia)​
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  • ​Cyn-Young Park, Director, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB​​​​
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16.00 - 16.15 ​ Coffee Break

16.15 - 17.45 Session 4 - MSME finance: Fintech and big data, credit databases​​ ​

Moderator​

 Piti Disyatat, Executive Director, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research

Presenter

 Shigehiro Shinozaki, Financial Sector Specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB [slide]

Panellists​
  • ​​Junichi Kand​a, Executive Officer, Money Forward

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  • ​Tomoyuki Miyagi, Managing Director, Financial Technology Research Institute​
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  • ​Bohui Zhang, Presidential Chair Professor of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Associate Director, Shenzhen Finance Institute; and Director, Center for FinTech and Social Finance, Shenzhen​​
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7 August 2018

09.00 - 10.30​ Session 5 -​ Payment systems: QR code standardization​ ​​

Moderator​

 Bihong Huang, Research Fellow, ADBI​

Presenter

 Buncha Manoonkunchai, Senior Director, Financial Technology Department, Bank of Thailand​    [slide]​

Panellists​
  • ​Suu Wei Ho, Director,​​ Southeast Asia Go​vernment Relations, PayPal
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  • ​Minhuan Nian, Chief Risk Officer, QuantGroup​​
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  • ​Takashi Okita, CEO, SBI Ripple Asia​
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10.30 - 10.45 ​Coffee Break​

10.45 - 11.00 ​Special address—Bambang Susantono, Vice President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, ADB​
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11.00 - 12.15 Session 6 - Wrap-up panel ​

Moderator

 ​Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI​​

Panellists

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  • ​Piti Disyatat, Execu​tive Director, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research
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  • ​Craig​ McIntosh, Professor, UC San Diego​
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  • ​​Bihong Huang, Research Fellow, ADBI​
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  • ​Cyn-Young Park, Director, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB​
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  • ​Bohui Zhang, Presidential Chair Professor of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Associate Director, Shenzhen Finance Institute; and Director, Center for FinTech and Social Finance, Shenzhen​​​
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12.15 - 12.30 ​​​​Closing remar​k​s - Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI​

12.30 - 13.30​ ​ ​​​​​Lunch ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Date / Time Headline Download
6 August 2018
10:45 - 12:15
Session 1 - Infrastructure finance: Enhancing returns to attract private sector investors
6 August 2018
13:15 - 14:45
Session 2 - Innovation for household finance: management of household debt overhang, fintech and big data, financial literacy and financial education
6 August 2018
14:45 - 16:15
Session 3 - MSME finance: Fintech and big data, credit databases
6 August 2018
16:30 - 18:00
Session 4 - Agricultural finance: Fintech and big data, micro insurance / microcredit, village lending, risk models
7 August 2018
Session 5 - Bank of Thailand and ADBI Seminar
7 August 2018
Session 6 - Bank of Thailand and ADBI Seminar