Mobile Money Webinar: Coping with Dormancy

January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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The third instalment of the Mobile Money Explained Live Webinar series is scheduled on the 17th of January at 2:30pm UK time (10:30pm MNL time).

One of the biggest issues facing mobile money providers at the moment is how to cope with dormancy. Maintaining high usage rates, especially in increasingly competitive markets, is not easy and after initial spikes in subscriptions, many service providers are faced with a vast number of dormant accounts on their hands.

This webinar defines methods for protecting your program from dormancy. It will explore the useability of the service, the breadth of the product suite on offer, competitive pricing, and effective ongoing marketing strategies that will encourage continual usage. Joining Graham Wright from MicroSave on this webinar will be Aleeda Fazal from Sicap.

Register free of charge at – http://tinyurl.com/mobile-money-webinar-register

To view previous webinars, simply follow the links below:

Webinar 1 – Effective pricing models and customer willingness to pay
Webinar 2 – Beyond remittances: How to expand your mobile money product suite

Webinar 1 – Effective pricing models and customer willingness to pay

Webinar 2 – Beyond remittances: How to expand your mobile money product suite

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Virtual Conference: Understanding Multiple Borrowing and Avoiding Over-indebtedness Among Clients

December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

On January 12-13, CGAP, IFMR and MicroSave will host a virtual conference to discuss thoughts and experiences around multiple borrowing and avoiding over-indebtedness. Moderators will be facilitating online discussions on a variety of topics, and we are inviting you to participate.

Discussions will focus on the following topics:

Day 1: Multiple Borrowing – Definition, Concepts and Region

  • Issues around and causes of multiple borrowing and over-indebtedness;
  • Commercialization of microfinance

Day 2: Addressing Multiple Borrowing and Client Protection

  • Mitigation strategies adopted by institutions across the globe and how we can learn from cross-sharing;
  • How funding and training institutions are addressing challenges;
  • Client protection in the context of multiple borrowing and over-indebtedness.

You must register in advance in order to participate in the conference. Click here to register.

Should you have any questions regarding the upcoming virtual conference, please contact Erin Scronce of CGAP at the following email address: escronce@worldbank.org

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RBAP-MABS to share experiences during the Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2011

November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The 8th Citi – Financial Times Financial Education Summit with its theme Empowering the Disadvantaged: Inclusive and Innovative Approaches to Financial Capability will be held on November 28-29 in Jakarta, Indonesia.  The USAID-supported RBAP-MABS program is proud to be asked to share experiences in providing financial education to encourage the adoption of mobile phone banking services among clients of rural banks at this year’s event.

The summit will focus on the importance of financial education for the poor and the need for greater innovation and collaboration among stakeholders to hasten progress in reducing poverty and boosting financial inclusion. It also aims to increase the uptake of financial education initiatives at grassroots levels and explore the use of technology and media in scaling programmes and reducing the cost of delivery.

More than 250 participants from all over the world are expected to attend and participate in the summit. We will share experiences and lessons learned on this blog so stay tuned for updates from the summit. For more information please go to http://www.financialeducationsummit.org/

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Microinsurance Basic Training Course for Northern Bicol Federation on December 16-17

November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

We are pleased to announce the Microinsurance Basic Training Course for Northern Bicol Federation is scheduled on December 16-17 at Cafe Frederico in Naga City.

This course is designed to help rural banks qualify for licensing as microinsurance agents/brokers in order to market, sell, and service microinsurance services in compliance with BSP Memo Circular 683-2010 and BSP Memo 15-2011.  This training will also provide participants with a step-by-step guide and templates for the licensing and approval process with the Insurance Commission and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

Topics covered will include:

Module 1 >  Fundamentals of Insurance & Microinsurance

Module 2 >  Microinsurance regulations on formalization and responsible sales, marketing and distribution (includes a step-by-step guide with all forms and letters required to comply with microinsurance authorization process)

Module 3 >  Effective Marketing and Service Delivery Standards

For more information please contact:
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Ms. Ghay Lyne Mapano
RBAP-RBRDFI Microinsurance Coordinator
(63) 918-635-3235
(02) 527-2968
gpmapano@yahoo.com
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Ms. Reo  Nore P. Pardilla
RBAP-RBRDFI Microinsurance Training Officer
(63) 916-3107488
reonore@yahoo.com

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Webinar on Tools to Address Challenges of Branchless Banking

November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As part of the Consumer Education to Support Uptake and Use of Branchless Banking project, sponsored by the MasterCard Foundation, Microfinance Opportunities will be conducting a webinar on November 29, 2011, at 9:00am EST (10:00pm Manila Time).
The webinar will present the challenges to uptake and usage of Branchless Banking identified through market research studies carried out in the Philippines, India, Malawi and Zambia. Webinar participants will also learn how MFO is addressing branchless banking challenges through a package of tools for consumers and agents intended to drive use of mobile banking and smart card services.
The webinar is aimed at key stakeholders implementing or funding branchless banking initiatives focused on low income markets – donor community, financial service provider such as banks or microfinance organizations, telecoms, payment platform providers, associations like GSMA.
Webinar Registration inquires must be sent to the following address: mfo-temp@mfopps.org

As part of the Consumer Education to Support Uptake and Use of Branchless Banking project, sponsored by the MasterCard Foundation, Microfinance Opportunities will be conducting a webinar on November 29, 2011, at 9:00am EST (10:00pm Manila Time).

The webinar will present the challenges to uptake and usage of Branchless Banking identified through market research studies carried out in the Philippines, India, Malawi and Zambia. Webinar participants will also learn how MFO is addressing branchless banking challenges through a package of tools for consumers and agents intended to drive use of mobile banking and smart card services.

The webinar is aimed at key stakeholders implementing or funding branchless banking initiatives focused on low income markets – donor community, financial service provider such as banks or microfinance organizations, telecoms, payment platform providers, associations like GSMA.

Webinar Registration inquires must be sent to the following address: mfo-temp@mfopps.org

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