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CIPF | FCPIEp. 18 - Financial Innovation from a Global Perspective: Part IIIn this podcast, Mahesh Uttamchandani provides updates on current innovations in his work, and his thoughts on the potential implications from recent bank failures. He also discusses the research that his team conducted on firm and household debt coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.To subscribe to our email list, click here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/sV0IUFJ/CIPFsignupFor more information about this episode including the transcript and speaker’s biographies, click here: https://www.cipf.ca/news-publications/-in-tags/tags/podcasts-and-videos***2023-07-0518 min
Inclusive Finance FrontiersWill Central Bank Digital Currencies be a game-changer for financial inclusion?Central banks have been eying the emergence of privately issued digital currencies with a mix of excitement and anxiety and some began experimenting with their own versions of crypto: central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Advocates say CBDCs offer an alternative to private digital currencies that will enable central banks to retain their control over national monetary supplies, better combat money laundering and fraud, and even advance financial inclusion.
But are CBDCs really the game-changer for financial inclusion that many claim? What are the key enablers and constraints to CBDCs advancing financial inclusion? And how...2023-01-1039 min
The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)Why Small Business Owners Have Such a Hard Time Getting LoansAccording to the World Bank, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) comprise about 90% of the global economy. But these kinds of businesses – too big for microfinance and too small for commercial bank loans with favorable rates – face many hurdles to borrow money. On today’s episode of the Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, we delve deeper into the “missing middle” credit gap and what can be done to improve SMEs’ access to financing. Also, we look at specific barriers to women business owners, such as how low property ownership rates hinder their ability to qualify for small business loans. ...2022-04-0531 minCIPF | FCPIEp. 10 - Financial Innovation from a Global PerspectiveIn this podcast, Ilana Singer and Mahesh Uttamchandani delve into some of the ways in which technology and digital innovation have transformed financial services in the capital markets. We will hear how more advanced economies and developing economies are grappling with some of the same innovations without a playbook on how to regulate them. The discussion will also identify some innovations in the business community, and touch on recent research on the reform of insolvency systems and on the impact of the current pandemic on financial services.Additional reading: The 2021 World Bank Group Principles fo...2021-12-0920 min
INSOL TalksEp.8 - Mahesh UttamchandaniInterview with Mahesh Uttamchandani, Practice Manager at the World Bank GroupFind more about Mahesh: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/m/mahesh-uttamchandaniJoin the conversation on Twitter or LinkedIn using #INSOLTalksFollow Mahesh on LinkedIn or Twitter @muttamchandaniInterviewer: Eugenio Vaccari, Royal Holloway, University of London UK.Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL InternationalEdited and produced by Harriet Norman, INSOL InternationalMusic by jorikbasov from PixabayThis podcast is distributed under a creative commons attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence. 2021-12-0840 min