The seminar has been moved to South Campus Center room 305.Sorry for the confusion, it is just one of those days.- EstherOn Nov 28, 2017 10:54 AM, "Esther Jang" <infrared@cs.washington.edu> wrote:Reminder: this is in 1 hour in the Harris Hydraulics Building!-EstherOn Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Esther Jang <infrared@cs.washington.edu> wrote:Please join us for the Change Seminar this week o
n 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/xEDYF8Myanmar 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 12Frontier Magazine:Irrawaddy News: