correction: South Campus Center room 350 - Esther On Nov 28, 2017 12:24 PM, "Esther Jang" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The seminar has been moved to South Campus Center room 305. > > Sorry for the confusion, it is just one of those days. > > - Esther > > On Nov 28, 2017 10:54 AM, "Esther Jang" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Reminder: *this is in 1 hour* in the Harris Hydraulics Building >> <http://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/hhl>! >> -Esther >> >> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Esther Jang <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Please join us for the Change Seminar this week on *Tuesday 11/28/2017* in >>> the large conference room of *Harris Hydraulics* from *12-1 pm*. *Note >>> the room **change for this week!!* >>> >>> >>> *Who:* Pwint Htun >>> >>> *What:* Myanmar's Digital Financial Services industry: Vision for 2020 >>> >>> *When:* Tuesday Nov 28 >>> *Where:* 12pm in Harris Hydraulics >>> >>> *Abstract: * >>> A University of Washington alumnus, Pwint Htun, has been the hidden >>> figure behind the Digital Financial Services industry for her homeland of >>> Myanmar since mid-2012. As ICTD and DFS industry advisor to the Government >>> of Myanmar, Pwint continues to play a crucial role in building up >>> digital financial services industry as Myanmar has transformed from the >>> third least connected in the world. Today, 90% of the population of Myanmar >>> has affordable 3G coverage with the majority of Myanmar citizens on >>> smartphones. In 2017, Pwint Htun co-authored "Mobilizing Myanmar" for >>> the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Report is downloadable at >>> goo.gl/xEDYF8 >>> >>> Myanmar has one of the poorest banking infrastructures in Southeast >>> Asia. The banking sector and ATM network cannot reach rural areas. Today, >>> there are more active SIMs than the number of people in Myanmar. People in >>> rural areas have smartphones charged with solar panels. >>> >>> With backing from the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, the digital >>> financial services industry is poised to be transformative for the people >>> of Burma by end of 2020. The people of Burma have leapfrogged from $1500 >>> SIM cards for the elite few to pervasive smartphones and mobile financial >>> services intended for rural and urban poor and women. >>> >>> *Related articles: * >>> Economist magazine from October 12 >>> https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/2173019 >>> 9-rudimentary-financial-services-are-offer-places-roads-do-not-reach >>> >>> Frontier Magazine: >>> https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/funny-money-in-myanmars-f >>> intech-sector >>> >>> Irrawaddy News: >>> https://www.irrawaddy.com/in-person/ma-pwint-htun-everyone-w >>> ill-using-mobile-financial-services-next-three-years.html >>> >> >>
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