Mobile Money in Developing Countries: Financial Inclusion & Financial Integrity

Join UW Law, Deakin University School of Law, and UNCITRAL for "Mobile Money in Developing Countries: Financial Inclusion and Financial Integrity."

Friday, April 20, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PT
W.H. Gates Hall, University off Washington School of Law, Seattle

6.25 GENERAL CLE CREDITS

Keynote Address:

Emery Kobor, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
The Role of Anti-Money Laundering Law in Mobile Money Systems in Developing Countries

Other Speakers:

• Claire Alexandre, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
• Mercy Buku, SAFARICOM, KENYA
• Luca G. Castellani, UNCITRAL
• Miriam Goldby, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
• Seymour Goodman, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• Andrew Harris, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
• Kate Lauer, CONSULTATIVE GROUP TO ASSIST THE POOR (CGAP)
• Vivienne Lawack-Davids, NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA
• Mark Lewington, MONEYTREE INC.
• Gilberto Martins de Almeida, PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
• Thomas Mathew, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
• Anita Ramasastry, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW
• Radha Somakumar, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

Organizers:

• Jane Winn, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW, CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
• Louis de Koker, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, AUSTRALIA, CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZER

The conference will provide an analysis of the tradeoff between “financial inclusion” as a development strategy and “financial integrity” as a goal of prudential regulation and law enforcement in light of the 2012 Financial Action Task Force revised International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation.

Click here to view the event website: http://engage.washington.edu/site/Calendar?id=106801&view=Detail

Sponsored by the Linden Rhoads Innovation Fund.