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Scaling Financial Inclusion Through Partnerships & Technology
Ed Brandt & Anna Zanghi - MasterCard
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MasterCard has Government payment programs in over 50 countries …
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Electronic payments facilitate a
range of Government programs
• Social benefits
• Subsidies (e.g., food, school
books, scholarships)
• Payroll (e.g., police)
• Insurance
• Home loans
• National ID card, authentication
• Refugee assistance
• Transit
• Procurement
• Travel Cards
• Purchasing Cards
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Financial Inclusion Challenges and Solutions
• Understanding the Opportunity
• Building the Ecosystem
• Public Private Partnerships Enabling Scale
• Innovating with Digital Technology
• Solving Identity and Responsible Access
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The Opportunity: Burden of Cash-Based Economies on Underserved
Lack of formal, secure place to store & accumulate
assets
Target for crime & theft
Financial illiteracy
Shocks like fire/flood/theft can eliminate
all stored assets
Time away from income-generating activities to
pay bills
July 31, 2014
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COST OF CASH COMPLEXITY: ~1.5% OF GDP
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Mexico: EcoSystem Building Through Social Payments
The Program: Prosera (formerly Oportunidades)
• Govt. incentives for families in poverty ensuring children:
– attend school
– visit doctors
– receive proper nutrition
• $5b distributed to 6.5mm families (20mm beneficiaries)
Government Objectives
• Drive Financial Inclusion
• Realize “Cost of Cash” opportunity
Primary Challenge
• Lack of payments ecosystem limited use of debit cards
for financial transactions
– 80% cards used for identification only
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MasterCard’s Mexico Solution Organizing the Payments Ecosystem
Distribution
channels
Social
benefits •Payment of
social benefits
Consumers Merchants
Network Deposits
•Agent Banking
Micro
Finance
• Analytics
• Business
support
• Acceptance
Remittances
CASH-IN
•US –México
corridor
•Cash to card
Merchants
Network
POS as a
revenue
center
• Bill Payments
• Top Ups
• Insurance
• Incremental
sales
Government
Policy
• Regulation to enable ecosystem
• Know Your Customer
• Transaction limits
• interchange
• Switching/Processing requirements
New
acceptance
model
• Mobile • New devices
• Aggregators
Research on Effective
Ecosystem Construction
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Micro
Loans
Enabling
Acceptance
USAGE
• Supply Chain
Management
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Harnessing Technology & Public Private Partnerships
When public and private partnership
is directed and well-organized,
it is possible for government and citizens
to realize impressive gains and savings.
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South African Social Security Agency
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Portable Electronic Enrollment
Biometric Technology
Instant Issuance
Recipient Education
Pmts. Ecosystem Development
Enabled small “Spazza” shops
Partnered with non-traditional players
Enabled Cash at Point of Sale
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A tailored multi-function card delivers
value beyond traditional payments when
citizens have identity and inclusion while
governments reduce the costs of cash.
Identity / Payment Cards: Value beyond traditional payment products
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From Oakland California to Nigeria
June 18, 2014
Efficiently Enabling Financial Inclusion
for Millions
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Prepaid payment cards remove barriers to youth financial inclusion…
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April 3, 2013
• Not eligible 1
• Available to anyone - no credit check
• Protection against indebtedness
• Works like a basic bank account
• Not affordable 2 • Lower costs than traditional bank
accounts
• Transparent pricing
• No access 3
• Increased competition increases
choice
• Mobile form factor enables deeper
distribution
Barriers to Financial
Inclusion for Youth
Advantages of Prepaid
Payment Accounts
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November 10, 2014
Taterstan Republic (Russia): Combining financial education & access for youth empowerment
sample The Program: Taterstan School Bank & ID
• School ID to improve security & access
• Attendance tracking
• Responsible financial product to reduce cash:
– No cash withdrawals or internet purchases
– Canteen, transit & extra curricular
– Financial education
Government Objectives
• Savings for agencies managing municipal schools
• Reducing cash handling
– 20% savings covered all hardware cost over 6mths
Primary Challenge
• Setting up technology ecosystem in schools
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Available at:
http://newsroom.mastercard.
com/press-releases/new-
resource-available-to-help-
banks-create-products-for-
children-and-youth/
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Defining Responsible Financial Access & Education for Children & Youth
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Our Key Learnings So Far
Financial Inclusion Fundamentals
– Electronic payments
– Access and usage
– Public private partnership
– Consumer education
Financial Inclusion Accelerators
– Open payment systems
– Inclusive ecosystems
– Consistent financial flows