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

MODERATOR:

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

PETER SIMON. Managing Director, WSBI

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?