Reminder: This is today at 12 pm in EEB003. Here is the webcast link as usual: https://meet.google.com/kkr-mebs-okp
On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Esther Jang <infra...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Please join us for the last Change Seminar of the quarter on Tuesday > 3/6/2018 in *EEB 003*. > > *Who*: Lubna Razaq, Director of the ITU FinTech Center > *What*: *Digital Financial Services Research in Pakistan: Information > Technology University's FinTech Center, Academia, and Industry* > *When: *Tuesday, March 6th, 12-1 PM > *Where*: EEB 003 > > *Abstract:* > Pakistan has one of the lowest financial inclusion ratios in the world. > Mobile Financial Services have been around for some time but their uptake > has been very low in Pakistan. Gaps exist in almost all verticals of > financial services, with some segments of the population more excluded than > others. This requires special attention. The ITU FinTech Center conducts > research to create solutions for problems that hinder scaling and adoption > of Digital Financial Services in Pakistan. The FinTech Center's Director, > Lubna Razaq, will be talking about the financial services landscape in > Pakistan, the DFS research being carried out at the FinTech Center in > collaboration with DFSRG at UW, learnings from conducting research in the > regulated financial space, and working with the industry on research and > development. > > *Profile:* > Lubna is the Director of the FinTech Center at Information Technology > University in Lahore, Pakistan. She is a financial technology professional > with experience in product development, business development, and > consulting. Before taking her position at ITU, Lubna was part of > FinSurgents, a Singapore-based FinTech consulting firm, where she led > in-depth studies into the FinTech ecosystem of Pakistan in comparison with > global hubs. This work produced a ‘Roadmap for FinTech ecosystem > development in Pakistan’ and a ‘Framework for Karandaaz Pakistan’ to invest > into FinTech startups. She acted as adviser to the local regulator on > FinTech regulations around the world. Prior to joining FinSurgents, Lubna > worked for Vopium, based in Denmark, on all facets of IR value chain- > cash-in, cash out, European payment regulations, international transfers, > digital KYC and AML for online channels. The main focus of her work on IR > has been on EU to Pakistan corridors. >
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