AGENDA
Scale2Save programme
In late 2016, WSBI launched its Scale2Save programme for financial inclusion (then called ‘Making small scale savings work’), a six-year partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. Six years later, the end of this initiative is approaching. We would like to celebrate the programme’s achievements with our partners and other financial inclusion stakeholders in a final knowledge sharing event.
During this last gathering, our local partners will share the lessons learned from the implementation of eight innovative projects in five African countries.
Together, we will examine different pathways to more customer centricity that help answers the extend to which savings contribute to resilience of customers in times of shock and ways for measuring the impact. It will also examine what remains to be done and how the participating banks and others see the way forward. Finally, based on the accumulated learning, it will consider what messages drawn from the programme should be conveyed to fellow banks and to policy makers around the world.
WSBI MEMBER GROUP MEETINGS
9:00 AM | ORSAY ROOM (LEVEL -1)
BUFFET LUNCH
12:30 PM | ST GERMAIN RESTAURANT (LEVEL -1)
REGISTRATION SCALE2SAVE CLOSING EVENT & NETWORKING
VIEWING OF PROJECT STANDS
1:30 PM | In front of ORSAY ROOM (LEVEL -1)
START OF SCALE2SAVE closing EVENT
2:00 PM | ORSAY ROOM (LEVEL -1)
WESELINA ANGELOW – Scale2Save Programme Director, WSBI
OPENING & keynote
2:10 PM
PETER SIMON – Managing Director, WSBI
Video Showcases
2:30 PM
Nigeria: LAPO MfB & FCMB – Customer Voice
panel session 1: Four pathways for estabilishing the viability of small balance savings
2:40 PM
- CELINE STEVENS, Scale2Save Senior Programme Manager,WSBI
THEMES & SPEAKERS:
- Roving staff as a poweful workforce for true doorstep services for market women: LAPO Microfinance Bank Nigeria: CYNTHIA IKPONOMASA, Managing Director
- Bringing smallholder farmers into the financial sector through agric value chain digital platforms & community embedded agency banking: First City Monument Bank: SHAMSIDEEN FASHOLA, DivisionalHead of Personal Banking & Advans Microfinance bank Côte d’Ivoire: JULIEN MAHE, Deputy Managing Director
- Serving the most vulnerable (grant-recipients) through a digital ecosystem: Barid Cash: ABDELHAK BENANANE, Managing Director
VIDEO SHOWCASES
3:30 PM
Uganda: Centenary Bank, BRAC Uganda bank Limited, FINCA- Customer Voice
panel SESSION 2: Four pathways for customer centric solutions to improve customer resilience
3:40 PM
MODERATOR:
- APPHIA NDUNGU, Scale2Save Programme Manager,WSBI
THEMES & SPEAKERS:
- Following the triple bottom line approach that measures financial health and resilience: BRAC Uganda Bank Limited, RACHEL ALINAITWE, Supervisor Product Development and Projects
- The power of human centered design for pro-poor product development FINCA Uganda, JAMES ONYUTTA, Managing Director
- Customer outcome framework and what it can reveel about a digital fast moving product: Centenary Bank, MICHAEL NUWAGABA, Head Agent Banking
- The bank in a bag as the missing link in linkage banking: KPOSB, RAPHAEL LEKOLOOL, Managing Director
NETWORKING BREAK & VIEWING OF PROJECTSTANDS
4:30 PM | ORSAY SPACE (LEVEL -1)
Fire-side chat - from a programme implementation perspective: Where do we come from? What have we achieved? What comes next?
5:00 PM
SPEAKERS:
- IAN RADCLIFFE, former Scale2Save Programme Director
- KIMATHI GITHACHURI, Scale2Save Technical Lead
- WESELINA ANGELOW, Scale2Save Programme Director, WSBI
KEYNOTE
MERCY MUTUA – Access to Finance Lead, Mastercard Foundation (tbc)
5:30 PM
OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF SCALE2SAVE SEGMENTATION TOOLKIT & CLOSING REMARKS
5:45 PM
WESELINA ANGELOW – Scale2Save Programme Director, WSBI
end of scale2save closing event
VIEWING OF PROJECTSTANDS
6:00 PM | ORSAY SPACE (LEVEL -1)
WALKING DINNER
7:00 PM | ST GERMAIN RESTAURANT (LEVEL -1)
INTRODUCTION - PRACTICALITIES
09:00 AM
PETER SIMON.
Managing Director, WSBI
OFFICIAL OPENING
09:05 AM
ISIDRO FAINÉ.
President, WSBI
The Conflict in Ukraine: Reshaping Geopolitics and the threat of De-Globalization
09:30 AM
SHLOMO BEN-AMI.
Vice President of Toledo International Center for Peace
WELCOME
09:45 AM
DOMINIQUE GOURSOLLE-NOUHAUD.
President, ESBG
FUTURE-PROOF BANKING: HOW DO SAVINGS AND RETAIL BANKS SUPPORT CUSTOMERS IN THE TIMES OF DIGITALISATION AND INNOVATION?
10:00 AM
The short and medium-term future of banking will be determined by the way banks will be able to cope with environmental challenges, the digital revolution, and a fast-changing society where inequalities are on the rise. How will this influence the customer relations, the product range, human resources and ultimately, profitability? How would the 2030 banking look like?
Cornelia Meyer
International Economist & CEO
Meyer Resources
Moderator
Helmut Schleweis
President,
German Savings Banks Association
Laurent Mignon
Chief Executive Officer,
Groupe BPCE
Sabasaba Moshingi
Chief Executive Officer,
TPB Bank, Tanzania
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM
Sustainability Developments in Policy and Regulation – Favourable for Locally Focused Banks?
11:30 AM
The panel aims to examine the impact of the newest, sustainability-related, policy and regulatory changes on the strategy and daily operations of savings and retail banks around the globe. It will also investigate possible changes in the role of regulatory authorities as well.
Sebastian Stodulka
Head of the Erste Bank Group
eu liaison office
Moderator
Ibrahim Al Rashid
Chief Executive Officer
Social Development Bank (SDB)
Michael Atingi-Ego
Deputy Governor,
Bank of Uganda
Johanna Orth
Head of Group Regulatory Affairs,
Swedbank
Christian Castro
Head of Public Affairs,
CaixaBank
KEYNOTE SPEECH: sustainable banking in times of climate change
12:30 PM
REINHOLD MESSNER.
Environmentalist, Mountaineer, Speaker, Author & Founder of the Messner Mountain Museum
LUNCH
1:00 PM
Between Bricks and Clicks: The Role of the Bank Branch in the Digital Era
2:00 PM
How will consumers deal with sustainability, innovation and a changing society? A changing banking sector and a new approach of regulation and supervision means that also consumers will experience banking operations in a different way.
Elena Trafimovich
WSBI
Moderator
Mukwandi Chibesakunda
Chief Executive Officer,
ZANACO, Zambia
Eszter Beretzky
Senior Knowledge Expert,
McKinsey
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
Managing Director,
State Bank of India
Ikromi Sirojiddin
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
ssb AMONATBANK, tAJIKISTAN
Banking & Environmental Challenges
3:00 PM
The prerequisites for banks to continue working seamlessly in an environment where climate change plays an increasingly important role. What are savings and retails banks undertaking to address these challenges?
Valérie Derambure
CSR Director,
Groupe BPCE
Moderator
Meriem Bouamrane
Chief of Section, Man and the Biosphere Research and Policy, UNESCO
Roel Nozeman
Senior Advisor, Biodiversity,
ASN Bank
COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM
Social Responsibility – Turning Mission into Action
4:00 PM
Savings and Retail banks have always had social responsibility engraved into their DNA and have developed very strong links with their local communities and the society in general. But how is this translated into concrete actions and what more can be done?
Roland Tassler
Chairperson,
CSR & Sustainable Development Committee, ESBG
Moderator
Laurent Roubin
Vice President,
FNCE
Franz-Karl Prueller
Senior Board Advisor,
Erste Foundation
Tom Kocsis
Managing Director and COO of Funds
Yunus Social Business
introductory remarks: the role of acri in supporting education and skillset building for a more inclusive society. A boost for a strong msme sector in italy
5:00 PM
GIUSEPPE GHISOLFI.
Chairman International Relations Committee, ACRI Italy
Bridging the knowledge gap for job creation: the role of financial inclusion, education and skillset building for a strong MSME sector
5:10 PM
This session will discuss how small businesses can be provided with the capability, knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours required to act in their own best interests. The session will put particular focus on the most vulnerable, including young and female entrepreneurs. It will discuss the different roles that financial service providers, support and skillset building organizations as well as funders can play so that MSMEs can make informed choices about how they use financial services that best meet their needs and help them grow their businesses.
Weselina Angelow
Scale2Save Programme DIRECTOR,
WSBI
Moderator
Rédouane Najm-Edinne
PrEsident
Al Barid BANK, MOROCCO
Martijn H. Schouten
Resource Mobilization Manager,
Aflatoun International
Arfan Ali
President AND DirectOR
Bank Asia Ltd
Mercy Mutua
hEAD ACCESS TO FINANCE,
Mastercard FOUNDATION (TBC)
Savings and retail banks: the road ahead
6:00 PM
CLOSING OF DAY 1
6:30 PM
GALA DINNER (Hosted by BPCE)
8:00 PM
Keynote Speech: LAURENT MIGNON,
Chief Executive Officer, Groupe BPCE
KEYNOTE SPEECH: PRIORITIES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION
(VIDEO INTERVENTION)
09:00 AM
MAIREAD MCGUINNESS.
Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Global Pandemic Recovery Plans
9:30 AM
Unprecedent plans were announced globally to boost economies hit hard by Covid 19 and the banking sector is already playing or is expected to play a pivotal role. Concrete examples help build a better understanding about these efforts worldwide.
José María Méndez
Director General, CECA
Moderator
Santiago Carbo
Director of Financial Research,
Funcas
Sibel Kulaksiz
Senior Advisor,
World Bank
Mary Huen
CHAIRWOMAN, HK ASSOCIATION OF BANKS & Chief Executive Officer, STANDARD CHARTERED
(Video intervention)
Antoine Hobeiche
Financial expert
Canada
The importance of Financial Literacy
10:45 AM
The participants will explore the topic from both a regulatory as well as a hands-on approach, emphasising on the importance of financial awareness for adults.
Marie-Veronique Bryon
Training and International Relations Officer, Finances & Pédagogie, FNCE
Moderator
Burkhard Balz
Executive Board Member,
Bundesbank
Flore-Anne Messy
Head of Consumer Finance, Insurance and Pensions Division,
OECD
COFFEE BREAK
11:15 AM
Can Green & Innovative drive Recovery?
11:45 AM
The potential of the transition to a greener and more innovative model of business could lead to job creation and global recovery. What is the role of institutional investors and how would the pandemic consequences in fields like education affect this transition?
Alessia Benevelli
ESBG
Moderator
Janine Händel
Chief executive officer,
Roger Federer Foundation
Almorò Rubin de Cervin
Acting Director, General Affairs,
DG FISMA, European Commission
Francis Malige
Managing Director Financial Institutions,
EBRD
Carme Artigas
Secretary of State for Digitization and aRTIFICIAL iNTELIGENCE,
government of Spain
(video intervention)
Tram Anh Nguyen
Co-founder,
cENTRE FOR Finance, Technology & Entrepreneurship (CFTE)
KEYNOTE SPEECH: The rOLE OF bANKING IN tRANSITIONING TO A sUSTAINABLE eCONOMY
12:45 PM
JOSÉ MANUEL CAMPA.
Chairperson, European Banking Authority
PARIS DECLARATION: SHORT PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL
1:10 PM
CLOSING SPEECH: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
1:15 PM
ISIDRO FAINÉ.
President, WSBI
FAREWELL LUNCH
1:45 PM
Visit at the BPI France
2:30 - 4:30 PM
SHORT OVERVIEW OF BPIFRANCE’S BUSINESS LINES: WHO WE ARE
Christian Dubarry, International Relations & Isabelle Lebo, International Partnerships Development
HOW TO USE GUARANTEES TO SUPPORT SME’s: BUILDING PROGRAMMES
Vincent di Betta, Head of International Expertise
EUROQUITY: A PLATFORM TO CONNECT STARTUPS AND INVESTORS (Focus on the Europe/Asia interconnections)
Anta Diallo, Manager Africa