[colombiamigra] Fw: GFRID2017 - Update # 5, 15 June 2017 - SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE SECTOR DAY

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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 04:39:35 +0000 (UTC)

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Thursday, June 15, 2017, 11:27:24 PM GMT-5Subject: GFRID2017 - Update # 5, 15
June 2017 - SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE SECTOR DAY

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Update # 5 – Successful private sector day
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15 June 2017
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Over 350 participants

10 panels, 3 parallel sessions

40 speakers
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Ten years after the first Global Forum on Remittances and about 15 years into
the attempt to quantify remittance flows, there is no longer any question as to
their importance as a tool for development. The United Nations' Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) have provided a new context both for showing the ways
remittances contribute to combating poverty, and to shedding light on the human
side of these payments that are sent between family members. Though while all
speakers affirm remittances' key role, there is still active and productive
debate in many areas such as where regulators strike a balance between
protection and openness, how ready customers are to move into a "cashless"
world, and where the next opportunities for innovation lie. It was a lively and
informative day.
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…and tomorrow it's the International Day of Family Remittances!

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In celebration of the IDFR:

ZERO TRANSFER COST

announced byWells Fargo and SolidTrust Pay on 16 June and the following weekend.
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Endorsements and support of the IDFR 2017:

PRIVATE SECTOR

-        Nearly800 mobile operators and more than 300 companies in the broader
mobile ecosystem throughGSMA;

-        Over100 Money Transfer Operators (MTOs) representing 80% of the
remittance market, through theInternational Association of Money Transfer
Networks (IAMTN) and individually.

-        Savings and retail banksfrom 80 countries, representing approximately
6,000 banks in all continents, through theWorld Savings and Retail Banking
Institute.



UNITED NATIONS

22 agencies of theUnited Nations through the Global Migration Group (GMG) in
support of the Day, including the renewed support by the International
Organization for Migration (IOM)



More details on the IDFR endorsements are available on the dedicated webpages
on theIFADand United Nationswebsites. Read theIDFR Brochureand follow the
sessionslive.
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About the organizers…

·        International Fund for Agricultural Development and its Financing
Facility for Remittances

·        United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population
Division and Financing for Development Office

·        Finance and Markets Global Practice of the World Bank
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…and the partners

·        International Association of Money Transfer Networks

·        GSMA

·        International Money Transfer Conferences

·        World Savings and Retail Banking Institute

·        Microfinance Gateway
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