If you are in the same frame of mind as other Heads of MFIs, Heads of Domestic Banks, Mobile Network Operators and Mobile Money Providers, this growing market segment will be at the top of your business agenda right now.

Hanson Wade’s Mobile Financial Services for the Unbanked conference provides a much needed platform and meeting point for practitioner-led discussion and debate on overcoming the challenges facing the industry’s banking and telecoms professionals and regulatory advisors on a global level.

Topics to be discussed at Mobile Finance Services for the Unbanked include:

• Viable models for mobile financial services: Bank-led, MFI-led, MNO-led and Hybrid models
• Assessing the institutional and regulatory environment in early adopting nations
• Creating and establishing partnerships to enable mobile microfinance
• Government to Person payments (G2P)
• Trust & confidence and building the brand at the bottom of the pyramid

Early confirmed speakers include:

• Brad Jones, Managing Director, Wing (Cambodia)
• Brian Richardson, CEO, Wizzit (South Africa)
• Duncan Goldie-Scot, Managing Director, Musoni (Kenya)
• Gan Huyag, President, Xac Bank (Mongolia)
• Lydia Koros, President, Kenya Microfinance Network


These leading providers of mobile financial services for the unbanked will detail the innovative approaches that have had a tangible impact on increasing their customer base within the given regulatory environment.