Event Details

Ratchada Anantavrasilpa of World Bank Group Finance will present a seminar to the Management Science Department

Abstract: The seminar will discuss how the fast FinTech development would affect financial sector goals of South East Asian Region.With the current financial structures in developing countries, it has a closer examination on how the FinTech could support individuals, smallholder farmers,entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates, and public sector to access financial services for their financial goals. In addition, the session will also touch on economic and financial stability and sustainability issues.

Short bio: Ms Ratchada Anantavrasilpa (CFA & CIPM) is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist from World Bank Group Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice. Her major responsibility is monitoring the financial sector development in the South East Asian Region including Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. Over the past 11 years at the World Bank, she has actively participated in several World Bank programs including: the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) focusing on State-Owned Commercial Banks (SOCBs), the Corporate Governance - Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (CG-ROSC) program, the Insolvency and Creditor Rights – ROSC (ICR-ROSC), corporate governance practices in State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), SME financing, microfinance, financial literacy, financial reporting for financial institutions, pension system, environmental social and governance (ESG) investment, etc. Recently, three technical assistance (TA) programs to enhance risk-based supervision framework in insurance sector, to improve doing business environment, to enhance SME finance in Thailand, under her leadership, were completed with successful implementation. Currently, she has led the TA program to support a sustainable and inclusive financial sector in Cambodia with focus on Anti-Money Laundering & Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance, Motor-Third Party Liability Insurance, and payment system.