Bank of Thailand and AFI are organizing Knowledge Exchange Program-2 – Harnessing the Potential of FinTech in Deepening Financial Inclusion: Practical Regulators Expositions at 10:00-12:15 UTC on 1-3 December 2020.
The key focus of the program is to share the learnings and experiences of developing and developed country financial regulators, private sector and other key stakeholders.
The agenda is based on extensive consultations with each member institution and a focus on exploring the current state of:
- Open banking and open application programming interface, regulatory approaches and innovation, and solutions to overcome implementation challenges.
- Electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) and digital identification, innovation in regulatory approaches, need for stakeholder collaboration and potential role in promoting financial inclusion and opportunities under the COVID-19 recovery phase.
Knowledge Exchange Program-2 is aligned with the Sochi Accord on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, which was adopted by the AFI Membership in September 2018. The accord calls for systematic dialogue among peers in developing and emerging countries as well as developed economies, showcasing policy learnings on issues of high shared priority, which include digital KYC process and biometric identification.