Underbanked Financial Services Forum

Posted by on May 21, 2007

This year’s 2nd Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum has a great reputation and we are honoring it! We have lined up the most dynamic expert speaker faculty that will equip you with the business critical knowledge that will take your business to the next level. In addition we have unbelievable networking opportunities from Underbanked eXtreme Networking to the Roundtable Cafe – you will not be able to get this anywhere else!

The underbanked are the last untapped market – all financial institutions are implementing strategies trying to get their piece of the pie. We will offer you the best practices and lessons learned from banks who have gotten it
right!

Sunday June 10th
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Pre-Conference Workshops

Workshop 1 – Underbanked 101
The goal of this intense 3-hour course is to ensure attendees are familiar with the key concepts and players as well as understand the obstacles and opportunities inherent to working with the underbanked.We will first provide an overview of the market segment, particularly around the topics of size, demographic profiles and behavioral patterns. Subsequently, we will address key products and distribution channels as well as successful risk management models currently used.

Jennifer Tescher, Director
Center for Financial Services Innovation
Conference Chairperson

Workshop 2 – Prepaid Primer
Prepaid stored value cards represent a vital tool for profitably assimilating the underbanked into the financial services mainstream. Learn all you need to know about how they work, the state of the prepaid industry and its many applications.

Andrew Crowe
Vice President, Prepaid
MasterCard