Next Generation Access to Finance: Gaining Scale and Reducing Costs with Technology and Credit Scoring

Next Generation Access to Finance:

Gaining Scale and Reducing Costs with Technology and Credit Scoring

September 17-19, 2007

Conference Venue:

World Bank Headquarters Building, 1818 H Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20433

Preston Auditorium, 1st Floor

Target Audience:

Conference participants will include representatives from financial institutions including microfinance institutions and commercial banks interested in using technology and credit reporting in their businesses, as well as global leaders in financial technology and credit information, regulators, and representatives from the donor community.

Welcome Brochure:

Many of the questions that will naturally occur to you are answered by information contained in this packet.  If you should have further questions after reading the enclosed material, please do not hesitate to bring them forward.

Registration:

You are encouraged to share this invitation with interested colleagues and clients. For more information about registering as an exhibitor with an exhibit booth and complimentary pass, please contact Ms. Demet Cabbar, Learning Coordinator, Financial Sector Learning Program, World Bank, at email: dcabbar@worldbank.org, or telephone: +1 202 458 9835. To register to attend this conference, please fill out the atttached registration form and send it to Ms. Demet Cabbar before September 5th.

Registration Fee:

There is a fee of US$1000 for participation in this conference, which includes all sessions from 9:00am Monday, September 17th to 4:00pm Wednesday, September 19th, 2007, as well as breakfasts and lunches each day, and cocktails on September 17th and 18th. Travel and accommodation are not included in the fee and should be planned by each participant. Payment may be made by check or wire transfer.

How to Submit Fee:

Check:

Write check to International Finance Corporation (IFC), & mail to:

Demet Cabbar

Learning Coordinator, Financial Sector Learning Program

Mail Stop F4K-411

2121 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, D.C. 20433

Wire Transfer:

Bank: Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union

Bank Address: 1818 H Street, NW, Washington DC 20433

Account Name: "International Finance Corporation"

ABA Number: 2540-7417-0

Account Number: 218 310 S8.3

Please include a reference to your name and your country

Hotel Accommodation:

Accommodation is not included in the conference fee. To reserve accommodation, kindly contact one of the hotels below and provide credit card information to hold the room. Reservations should be made soon, as space may not be available later. Washington DC hotel tax is 14.5%.

Club Quarters

839 17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Telephone: +1 212 575 0006

Fax: +1 212 391 5525

Email: reservations@clubquarters.com

Watergate Hotel

2650 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.

Telephone: +1 202 965 2300

Fax: +1 202 965 1173

http://www.swissotel.com

Hotel Lombardy

2019 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.

Telephone: +1 202 828 2600

Fax: +1 202 296 8959

http://www.hotellombardy.com

Concordia IMF Apartments, Rooms include kitchens

1250 New Hampshire Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.

Telephone: +1 202 557 2000

Fax: +1 202 557 2201

Melrose Hotel

2430 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington DC 20037

Telephone: +1 202 955 6400

Fax: +1 202 955 5764

Email: washington@melrosehotel.com

http://www.melrosehoteldc.com