Community Meeting ( Nov 28 ): Addressing Institutional Barriers to Access in Financial Systems

[Justin Obara]

At this week’s Community Meeting
<https://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Community+workshops> ( Nov 28,
2018 ) Kris Coward will be joining us to discuss addressing institutional
barriers to access in financial systems.

Meeting Notes
<https://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Community+Meeting+%28November+28%2C+2018%29%3A+Addressing+Institutional+Barriers+to+Access+in+Financial+Systems>

Description:

An estimated 1.7 billion people lack access to financial services through
traditional banking systems, often due to systemic barriers such as having
to meet identification requirements (while living in a jurisdiction without
an adequately functioning civil society to issue the necessary
identification). Cryptocurrencies have been touted as possible solution,
but introduce their own barriers to access, as well as suffering from
barriers between crypto-finance and traditional finance. These barriers
will be examined, as well as technical and policy measures that can help
remove them.


Time:

2:30 - 4:00pm ET


Location:

Locally: IDRC Office <http://idrc.ocadu.ca/about-the-idrc/contact-us>
Remotely: fluid_standup
<https://conf.inclusivedesign.ca/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=xemU59x8DtnO41eCMtCpCioWaRI>
Vidyo
video conference


Thanks
Justin
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