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1.7 billion adults still remain unbanked.
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1.1 billion people gained access to bank accounts from 2014 to 2021
But 1.4 billion remain unbanked

Financial inclusion improves access to finance for businesses, can empower women and makes vulnerable adults more resilient to economic shocks. The 2021 FIGI Symposium provides a forum for dialogue amongst telecom and financial sector authorities, financial service providers, and related stakeholders from around the world to share experiences and perspectives on scaling up digital financial services.

1.1 billion people gained access to bank accounts from 2014 to 2021
But 1.4 billion remain unbanked

Financial inclusion improves access to finance for businesses, can empower women and makes vulnerable adults more resilient to economic shocks. The 2021 FIGI Symposium provides a forum for dialogue amongst telecom and financial sector authorities, financial service providers, and related stakeholders from around the world to share experiences and perspectives on scaling up digital financial services.

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Government, industry and academia sharing expertise and lessons learned on digital financial models and services

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Unique digital financial inclusion insights and use cases from countries advancing financial inclusion

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Building expertise, knowledge and best practices in policy, business and technology

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Connect with leaders, influencers and innovators to help foster financial inclusion globally

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FIGI Highlights

FIGI Symposium 2021

FIGI Symposium Recorded Opening Keynote
ITU INTERVIEWS: Ralph Oyini Mbouna, Smart Africa - Financial Inclusion in Africa
FIGI 2021: Highlights
FIGI 2021 | Opening ceremony
FIGI-2021 | Increasing women leaders' representation in digital finance
FIGI 2021: Scaling up digital financial inclusion
FIGI 2021: Cross-border mobile money services in Tanzania and Uganda
FIGI 2021: How can we assure mobile money is safe?
FIGI 2021: M-PESA – Trailblazing mobile money adoption in Kenya
FIGI 2021: Aadhaar – The foundation of India’s cashless society
Mahesh Uttamchandani, Practice Manager, Finance and Credit Infrastructures, World Bank Group
ITU INTERVIEWS: Bilel Jamoussi, Chief, Study Groups Department, ITU
ITU INTERVIEWS: Sharmista Appaya - Digital ID – a critical enabler of Financial Inclusion
Thomas Lammer, Member of Secretariat, Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, BIS
ITU INTERVIEWS: Harish Natarajan - Digital Financial Services in a Post-COVID Era
Vijay Mauree, Programme Coordinator, ITU & Leader for FIGI Security, Infrastructure and Trust WG
ITU INTERVIEWS: Helen Luskin Gradstein, Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Group
ITU INTERVIEWS: Marc Hollanders, Former Special Advisor on Financial Infrastructures
ITU INTERVIEWS: Rafe Mazer, Project Director Consumer Protection, Innovations for Poverty Action
ITU INTERVIEWS: Jami Solli, Commercial Litigation Lawyer, Global Alliance for Legal Aid GALA
ITU INTERVIEWS: Narayan Jaesingh, Chief Business Officer, VSERV
ITU INTERVIEWS: Jeremy Grant, Managing Director, Venebale; FIDO Alliance
ITU INTERVIEWS: Rory Macmillan, Partner, Macmillan Keck Attorneys & Solicitors
ITU INTERVIEWS: Abbie Barbir, Co rapporteur ITU-T Study Group 17 Question 10
ITU INTERVIEWS: Wolfgang Balzer, Managing Director, Focus InfoCom, GmbH
ITU INTERVIEWS: Eve D. Araduha, SM. IT Client Relations & Delivery, MTN Uganda Ltd
ITU INTERVIEWS: Debora Comparin, Chairman OSIA Initiative
ITU INTERVIEWS: Kevin Butler, Associate Professor, University of Florida
ITU INTERVIEWS: Assaf Klinger, Co-Leader of Infrastructure Security Workstream FIGI Security
Kwame Baah Acheamfuor, Chairman, ITU -T SG 12
ITU INTERVIEWS: Simeon Coney, Chief Strategy Officer, AdaptiveMobile Security
ITU INTERVIEWS: Emran and Dorothee - Central banks: Building cyber resilience in the Digital Era
Highlights of the FIGI Symposium 2017
ITU HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO: FIGI 2019 Symposium
FIGI 2021: Financial inclusion for effective pandemic response
FIGI 2021 | Impact of COVID-19 on digital financial services
FIGI 2021 | Deep dive - Consumer risks of Fintech
FIGI 2021 | Digital Literacy and Security Awareness for SIM swap fraud prevention
FIGI 2021 | Legacy network protocol, Signaling System No.7 (SS7) - Building trust in Digital Finance
FIGI 2021 | Risks of innovative AI applications in Digital Finance
FIGI 2021 | China’s DFS experience so far and lessons learned
FIGI 2021 | Policy guidance for Digital ID usage and implementation for financial services
FIGI 2021 | Harnessing and balancing Innovation
FIGI 2021 | Consumer competences for digital financial services
FIGI-2021 | Enhancing DFS account security through improved identity vetting & strong authentication
FIGI-2021 | Technology for complaints handling and alternative dispute resolution
FIGI-2021 | Technology innovations and data privacy implications for DFS
FIGI-2021 | Regulating intermediaries
FIGI-2021 | Guidance for regulating E-KYC
FIGI-2021 | Policy approaches for digital payments, alternative lending platforms and open banking
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