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Igniting Innovation in Financial Access

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Over 2.5 billion adults do not have access to quality, affordable financial services, using instead informal methods to save, borrow, and secure their assets. Access to finance also remains a considerable obstacle for small and medium size enterprises, as financial systems remain too underdeveloped to serve their needs.

Challenges remain toward building a more inclusive financial sector that can spur economic growth and reduce poverty levels. Join World Bank Group President Kim, H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, Honorary Patron of the G20 GPFI, government ministers, and banking CEOs for a panel on how broader financial inclusion can be achieved through the use of multi-stakeholder partnerships and technology to enable business model innovation.

In partnership with the World Economic Forum.

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Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development

@UNSGSA
Prof Klaus Schwab

Founder and Executive Chairman, The World Economic Forum
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director General, World Trade Organization

@NOIweala
James Mwangi

Group CEO, Equity Group Holdings
Frank Sesno

Director, Professor of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University
Peter Sands

Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank
Jim Yong Kim

Former President, World Bank Group

@jimyongkim