This document summarizes the 10th "University Meets Microfinance" workshop hosted by the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. The workshop included approximately 95 participants, including 55 students from 21 universities and 30 practitioners from 24 microfinance and development finance institutions. The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, the host of the workshop, provides specialist banking training, has 1200 students and 50 faculty members, and centers focused on development finance, international advisory services, and climate and sustainable energy finance. The workshop was intended to discuss new challenges for microfinance, including mobile banking, remittances, and green finance.

1. 10th “University Meets Microfinance” – Workshop
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Opening and welcome
Adalbert Winkler
Professor for International and Development Finance
Centre for Development Finance
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Frankfurt, 4th July 2013
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2. UMM 10th workshop
University meets microfinance
This workshop
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≈ 95 participants
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≈ 55 students from 21 universities
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≈ 30 practitioners from 24 institutions involved in
microfinance and development finance
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3. UMM – 10th workshop
Your host:
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Bankakademie
• Established 1957
• specialist training to bank
employees
College / University
• 1200 students
• 50 faculty
Centre for Development Finance
Concentration Development Finance / Master of Finance
• Since 2008
• Teaching, Research, Policy Advice
International Advisory Services
• Established 1992
• Training and consulting
• Micro, small business, energy
efficiency, rural finance
UNEP Collaborating Centre
for Climate & Sustainable
Energy Finance
• help develop cost-effective
ways to reduce carbon
emissions from energy supply
and use by mobilising finance
for climate and sustainable
energy investments and
strengthening of their
associated markets.
FS Financial Services
• Asset manager focusing
on development finance
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New challenges for microfinance:
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Mobile banking
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Remittances
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Green finance
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5. I wish all of us interesting and stimulating discussions
Thank you very much for your attention
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