Please join us for this webinar on April 30th.

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Dear John,

Please join Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

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and the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA)

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for the following webinar:

The Digital Credit Debate:

Impacts, Challenges, and Lessons for Consumer Protection

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

10am EDT | 2pm GMT | 5pm EAT

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Digitizing financial services has enabled tremendous innovation in the provision of credit in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which some hail as a transformative development with potential to drive financial inclusion, reduce poverty, and spur economic growth. However, others associate digital credit with a proliferation of misconduct, consumer abuses, and over-indebtedness, which can have severe consequences for the most vulnerable consumers and amplify inequality. The Mobile Instant Credit: Impacts, Challenges, and Lessons for Consumer Protection

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report aims to bring evidence and data to bear on the debate, focusing on Mobile Instant Credit (MIC) and related products like airtime loans where there is now a critical mass of impact evidence.

In this webinar, IPA’s Ria Zapanta

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and CEGA’s Dan Cassara

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will introduce the key insights from the deck, drawing mainly from CEGA’s Digital Credit Observatory (DCO)

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and IPA’s Consumer Protection Research Initiative (CPRI)

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. Both initiatives have supported extensive research on digital credit and approaches to better protect consumers and support their financial health.

The webinar will conclude with a panel featuring Professor Silvia Prina

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of Northeastern University and Ammar Khan

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from Creditbook Financial Services in Pakistan to discuss the implications of the evidence on future research and products on digital credit. The webinar will be moderated by Paul Adams

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, the Director of the Consumer Protection Research Initiative and Financial Inclusion Program at IPA.

We look forward to seeing you on April 30th!

Best,

IPA’s Financial Inclusion Program

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