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Blockchain: Opportunities for Private Enterprises in Emerging Markets

IFC report examines the potential and perils of blockchain with particular focus on financial sectors

International Finance Corporation report provides an overview of blockchain technology and its applications in emerging markets. Examines whether blockchain can be used to mitigate de-risking by financial institutions and looks closely at the financial services sector. Includes an overview of how blockchain plays into the wider spectrum of financial technology (FinTech) innovations and the resulting provision of financial services, and an analysis of blockchain's contribution to reaching the unbanked and underbanked in various emerging markets.

Publisher: International Organizations Release date: Oct 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Securities

Making the Gender Gap Visible

CGAP article provides overview of demand-side data on women's financial inclusion

CGAP article summarizes results of webinar on demand-side survey data on women's financial inclusion. Provides an overview of various initiatives to improve the quality, availability, and use of sex-disaggregated data.

Publisher: International Organizations Release date: Oct 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Microfinance, Banking, Insurance, Microinsurance

The Power of Data for Women and Girls

ADB article demonstrates that disaggregating data on social and economic issues by gender providers better information about income and ownership at the micro level

Asian Development Bank article discusses the Evidence and Data for Global Equality project (EDGE), a joint venture by the UN Statistics Division and UN Women to integrate gender issues into official statistics for better, evidence-based policies. Generating social and economic data separated by sex tells a more complete and nuanced story about income and ownership. The need for economic and social statistical evidence by sex will become more critical to progress on gender-related UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Publisher: International Organizations Release date: Oct 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Microfinance

Regulatory Sandboxes and Financial Inclusion

CGAP report to enhance understanding of regulatory sandboxes and their potential impact on financial inclusion

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor report provides overview of current landscape for regulatory sandboxes, analyzes potential benefits and risks of the sandbox concept in the context of financial inclusion, and outlines key policy issues associated with sandboxes. The annexes provide a list of countries using sandboxes and a list of various firms using sandboxes and the nature of their business.

Publisher: International Organizations Release date: Oct 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Pensions, Securities

Gender and Digital Financial Inclusion: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?

ICRW study reviews evidence on women's access to, and use of, financial services

International Center for Research on Women report provides an overview of the field of gender and financial inclusion, particularly digital financial inclusion, including a review of key literature and development of a gap analysis based on the key themes and geography that describe where the research and policy efforts have been concentrated to date. Report seeks to identify areas for further research and opportunities to delve deeper into issues of gender and digital financial inclusion with a view to promoting and sustaining inclusive and more equitable growth and local development.

Publisher: Others Release date: Oct 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Microfinance

Regulation and Supervision of Mutuals, Cooperatives and Community-Based Organisations in Increasing Access to Insurance

IAIS guideline on applying Insurance Core principles to MCCOs while enhancing access to insurance

International Association of Insurance Supervisors guidance on applying insurance Core Principles (ICPs) in ways that contribute to proportionate regulation and supervision. Focuses on role of mutual, cooperatives and community-based organizations (MCCOs) in increasing access to insurance, particularly among disadvantaged people.

Publisher: Global Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Sep 2017

Type: Guideline

Parent: Insurance Core Principles

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Insurance, Microinsurance

The Business Case for Promoting Improved Gender Balance in Financial Institutions

TC note sets out arguments for increasing female participation on boards and in senior executive roles

Toronto Centre note discusses: i) business case and economic rationale for increasing women's representation on boards and in senior executive roles; ii) link between gender diversity and better corporate performance; iii) global overview of gender diversity initiatives undertaken by financial regulators and governments to drive progress on the representation of women on boards and in executive roles; and iv) best practices to foster higher gender diversity and more robust board recruitment practices.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Sep 2017

Type: TC Notes

Peer: Advancing Women's Digital Financial Inclusion , Women Matter: Making the Breakthrough, Improving the Gender Balance on British Boards , Women in the Boardroom: A Global Perspective

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

FinTech, RegTech and SupTech: What They Mean for Financial Supervision

TC note provides an introduction to FinTech, RegTech and SupTech

Toronto Centre note provides introduction for financial authorities to better understand: i) context in which FinTech, RegTech and SupTech have been developing; ii) potential consequences of FinTech for financial supervision; iii) what RegTech means and how it could help financial supervision; iv) what SupTech means and how it could help improve supervision; v) emerging shift in supervisory approaches driven by RegTech and SupTech; and vi) initiatives to foster sound and effective FinTech, RegTech and SupTech.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Aug 2017

Type: TC Notes

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Securities

Consumer Protection in Digital Credit

CGAP report on consumer protection risks and opportunities for improved consumer use of digital credit

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor report explores new approaches to address risks and problems of digital credit in five areas: i) disclosure of loan terms and conditions; ii) marketing approaches to promote responsible borrowing; iii) appropriate and tailored products to meet the needs of specific consumer segments; iv) repayment and collections; and v) credit reporting and information sharing.

Publisher: International Organizations Release date: Aug 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Microfinance

Closing the Gender Gap: The Role of Financial Regulators

TC webcast provides overview of issues around gender equality and financial regulation

Toronto Centre webcast discusses: i) importance of gender equality and diversity; ii) why closing the gender gap is important; iii) what other countries are doing about gender equality and how Canada compares; and iv) what regulators and supervisors can do to close the gender gap.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Aug 2017

Type: TC Videos

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

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382 records

Blockchain: Opportunities for Private Enterprises in Emerging Markets

Making the Gender Gap Visible

The Power of Data for Women and Girls

Regulatory Sandboxes and Financial Inclusion

Gender and Digital Financial Inclusion: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?

Regulation and Supervision of Mutuals, Cooperatives and Community-Based Organisations in Increasing Access to Insurance

The Business Case for Promoting Improved Gender Balance in Financial Institutions

FinTech, RegTech and SupTech: What They Mean for Financial Supervision

Consumer Protection in Digital Credit

Closing the Gender Gap: The Role of Financial Regulators

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