ADBI Annual Conference: Financial Inclusion, Financial Education, and Fintech 2019 | Asian Development Bank Institute - ADBI | 27 November 2019 | ADBI - Asian Development Bank Institute, Kasumigaseki Building, Level 8, 3 Chome-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-6008, Japan

mproving access to financial services such as savings, credit, investment, insurance, and retirement products in Asia and the Pacific could boost living standards for millions of people as well as innovative startups and small businesses vital to sustainable growth in the region. Realizing these benefits hinges on lowering barriers to the availability of quality, low-cost financial services in urban and rural areas, including poorer areas considered less profitable by banks and other financial institutions. To fully capitalize on increased access to financial services in Asia and the Pacific will require tackling low levels of financial literacy among its emerging economies. This could avert undesirable behaviors like inadequate saving, excessive borrowing at high interest rates, and inadequate financial record keeping by small and medium-sized enterprises.

The growth of financial technologies, or fintech, across Asia and the Pacific is also disrupting commercial and retail banks’ traditional approaches to deposits and lending, pressuring them to find ways to meet surging demand for digital services.

2019 Speakers

Naoyuki Yoshino
Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Takehiko Nakao
President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Leonardo Gambacorta
Head, Innovation and the Digital Economy, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Miguel Soriano
International Finance Corporation, USA

Angela Lyons
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

Bhavana Srivastava
Partner BFSI, MicroSave Consulting, India

Niphananh Keola
Financial Literacy Senior Advisor, GIZ-AFP project, Lao PDR

Douglas Cumming
College of Business, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Feng Zhu
Luo Han Academy, People’s Republic of China (PRC)

Lan Hoang Nguyen
Credit Risk Database, Japan

Mario Lamberte
Team Leader, RESPOND Project, UPPAF, Diliman

Bohui Zhang
Associate Director of Shenzhen Finance Institute, Director of the Center for FinTech and Social Finance, PRC

Peter J. Morgan
Senior Consulting Economist and Vice Chair for Research, ADBI

Joanne Yoong
Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, USA

Thammarak Moenjak
Director, Financial Institutions Strategy Department, Bank of Thailand

Vincent Poon
Manager, Investor and Financial Education Council

Yoshihiko Kadoya
Associate Professor, Hiroshima University

Cyd Tuaño-Amador
Deputy Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Pakistan Official (TBD)

Thorsten Beck
Professor of Finance, CASS Business School, City, University of London

Long Chen
Luo Han Academy, PRC

Chul Ju Kim
Deputy Dean, ADBI

Kraiyos Patrawart
Equitable Education Research Institute, Thailand

Lim Hsin Ying
Acting Director of the Consumer and Market Conduct Department, Bank Negara Malaysia

Takeo Hoshi
Professor, University of Tokyo

Joelle Fong
Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Samir Aliyev
Board Member and Head of Department, Center for Supportfor Economic Initiatives, Azerbaijan

Abdul Abiad
Director, Macroeconomic Research Division Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB

Bihong Huang
Research Fellow, ADBI

Thorsten Beck
Professor of Finance, CASS Business School, City, University of London, UK

Shri N.S. Vishwanathan
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Wilson Pang
Senior Manager, Fintech Facilitation Office, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong, China

Dinh Thi Thanh Van
Associate Dean, VNU University of Economics and Business, Viet Nam

Duoguang Bei
President, Chinese Academy of Financial Inclusion

Motonobu Matsuo
Vice Commissioner Japan Financial Services Agency

Shri N.S. Vishwanathan
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Neav Chanthana
Deputy Governor, National Bank of Cambodia *

Sukarela Batunanggar
Deputy Commissioner, Otoritas Jasan Kuengan, Indonesia *

Robert Wardrop
Executive Director, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, UK