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Women's World Banking
Monday, May 2, 2022 to Monday, August 1, 2022
Supporting financial regulators to develop policies that close the gender gap in financial inclusion; Building the women’s leadership pipeline in regulatory organizations. This virtual, 12-week global program, taught by Women’s World Banking and Faculty from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, implemented together with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, brings together senior officials (male/female/nonbinary) from central […]
READ MOREThursday, March 3, 2022
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:10 AM ET Globally, men make up 80% of executive committees in major financial service providers. Yet, the business case has been evidenced repeatedly that gender-diverse leadership and executive committees afford greater stability, increased innovation, and reduced risk. What is holding back key decision-makers to enact positive change […]
READ MORETuesday, October 12, 2021
Date: October 12th, 2021 Time: 9:00AM – 12:35PM EDT In its third year, Women’s World Banking’s Fintech Innovation Challenge provides a global stage to highlight Fintech innovations serving unbanked and underserved women in order to build their security and prosperity in the face of global inequalities. Despite years of progress in advancing financial inclusion, nearly […]
READ MOREWednesday, September 8, 2021
Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing financial services. It drives down costs, opens up new data possibilities on which to make decisions, and promises new efficiencies for financial services providers. But how might the industry leverage this technology to pursue inclusion—without repeating or amplifying the mistakes of the past? Join us and a panel of experts as […]
READ MORETuesday, June 15, 2021
11:30AM – 1:00PM ED Are digital platforms missing out on a new market opportunity? As the future of digital finance rapidly approaches, the most inclusive players will capture new market segments among digitally connected entrepreneurs. Join the webinar as it discusses the ways in which digital literacy, e-commerce, social commerce, and digital marketing might serve […]
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9AM Jakarta / Hanoi / Phnom Penh 10AM Singapore / Hong Kong / Manila 10PM EDT New York (Tuesday, June 1) This webinar will cover Women’s World Banking’s latest report, which provides a conceptual framework to move Indonesian women from financial inclusion to empowerment. It will focus on: Analysis of norms governing women’s agency Ability […]
READ MOREWednesday, May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021 3:30 – 4:30 PM IST/6:00 – 7:00 AM EDT The panel will discuss on how FSPs and regulators can effectively support women Jan Dhan customers as the gateway to build households’ economic resilience, role of Public Sector Banks in this journey and need for sex-disaggregated data in designing financial products for women. […]
READ MOREMonday, March 8, 2021
March 8, 2021 08:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Women’s World Banking, the World Bank, the Better Than Cash Alliance, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund invite you to join our Call to Action on March 8, International Women’s Day! Today, 247 million women 15+ are living below the extreme poverty line […]
READ MORETuesday, February 3, 2015
It is almost a universal fact: explaining insurance is difficult. For many low-income people, who would never have dreamed of having an insurance policy, understanding the product and benefits that can be derived from using it, is even more difficult. For financial institutions this complexity coupled with low levels of awareness can make uptake and […]
READ MORENew York United States
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
During this one-day event, more than 125 leaders from the financial services, consumer products, and technology industries, investors, philanthropists and government will examine key issues in financial inclusion and advance innovations for low-income women through a variety of panel discussions and workshops. Discussion Topics: Priorities for women’s financial inclusion. Investing with a gender lens. Financing women in the […]
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