The director of regulatory projects at MMU outlines their regulatory strategy for the next 6 months. This includes continuing thought leadership efforts like completing an agent study and building a regulatory database. It also involves approaching financial authorities to influence standards and providing other support to mobile money providers and regulators.

1. Regulatory Strategy Next 6 Months Andrew Zerzan Director, Regulatory Projects

2. Regulatory Objectives Thought Leadership Approaching Financial Authorities Other Support Regulation

3. Thought Leadership: Completed Work Just finished regulatory Q&A In Annual Report Provides answers to common questions from regulators about mobile money by non-banks Just finished short overview sheets on AML and E-money for newbies. Regulation

4. Thought Leadership: Next 6 mos. Retail Agent Study Recently MMU completed an extensive study on the business case of agents. Regulation of agents a growing focus – liability Regulation

5. Thought Leadership: Next 6 mos. Regulatory Database Purpose to give a quick overview of key regulatory conditions in a given market Example: what are the KYC requirements? Example: how much can a non-bank do? Will become part of the MMU Deployment Tracker Regulation

6. Approaching Financial Authorities Standard Setters for financial issues still green about mobile money MMU has begun to build strong ties with key players (World Bank, CGAP, etc) Need to leverage existing relationships to affect standards Regulation

7. Other Support Directly assist mobile money providers Respond to government questions Facilitate meetings between industry and regulators at regional and national levels Regulation

8. Contact Andrew Zerzan Regulatory Projects Director [email_address] Regulation