The Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s (AFI) IX Mobile Financial Services Working Group (MFSWG) meeting will be held on 5-7 March 2014 in Arusha, Tanzania, and will be co-hosted by the Bank of Tanzania (BOT).
The objectives of the March meeting are to:
- Discuss and endorse subgroups’ outputs and knowledge products on supervision and oversight, consumer protection, cross-border remittances, as well interoperability and interconnection;
- Review and discuss draft regulations developed by WG members;
- Discuss emerging technologies as well as new products and initiatives with private sector stakeholders and other external partners;
- Learn from the successful Tanzanian policy, regulatory and business approach to MFS.
Simultaneous translation for French and Spanish speakers will be available.
During the meeting, working group members will have the chance to benefit from the experiences and expertise of policymakers and regulators from 46 AFI member institutions that are currently part of the MFSWG, as well as technical experts specializing in this policy area.