Seminario sobre los servicios bancarios móviles

El 27 de noviembre de 2014 se celebró un seminario sobre los servicios bancarios móviles. En el seminario, que organizó el Comité del Comercio de Servicios Financieros de la OMC, representantes de organizaciones internacionales, de Miembros de la OMC y de este sector en particular examinaron la manera en que los servicios bancarios móviles pueden contribuir a que los segmentos más pobres de la sociedad saquen partido de los servicios financieros, favoreciendo así el desarrollo. Durante el seminario también se examinó el papel que pueden desempeñar la política comercial y el AGCS en apoyo de las iniciativas relacionadas con estos servicios.

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Chair: Ms. Caroline McCarthy (Chair, Committee on Trade in Financial Services)

10:00 – 10:15	Opening Remarks
	Mr. Yi Xiaozhun, Deputy Director-General, WTO
10:15 – 11:45	Mobile Banking: Overview, Trends, Challenges and Opportunities This session will set the scene and provide an overview of mobile banking, understood in a broad sense, as encompassing the supply of banking and other financial services through mobile telecommunication devices. Presentations will discuss developments around the world, providing an introduction to the business, technological, regulatory and policy aspects involved in mobile banking. International organizations are also invited to discuss their work in this area.
	Mr. Torbjörn Fredriksson (Chief; ICT Analysis Section; Science, Technology and ICT Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics; UNCTAD) > Presentation Mr. Vijay Mauree (Programme Coordinator, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU) > Presentation Mr. Andrew Lake (Financial Institutions Group, Global Specialist - Digital Financial Services & ADC, International Finance Corporation) > Presentation Q&A
11:45 – 13:00	Mobile Banking: the Industry Experience In this session, industry representatives will share their experiences on the development of mobile banking, discussing, inter alia, current developments, the different business models and services, the prospects for the industry, the results achieved and challenges faced in different contexts.
	Mr. Alban Luherne (Director, Orange Money) > Presentation Mr. Redouane Najm-Eddine (Chairman of the Board, Al Barid Bank, Morocco) > Presentation Q&A
13:00 – 15:00	Lunch
15:00 – 16:30	Mobile Banking: Regulatory Issues In this session, regulators will present their experiences on the development and implementation of regulatory frameworks for mobile banking. Presentations will discuss, inter alia, the policy objectives pursued by regulations, the risks raised by mobile banking, the obstacles faced in developing and enforcing regulation, the results achieved and the lessons learned.
	Mr. Klaus Loeber (Head of Secretariat, Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, Bank for International Settlements) > Presentation Mr. Adrian Steiner (DG Internal Market, European Commission) > Presentation Mr. JIANG Zeshen (Director, China Banking Regulatory Commission) > Presentation Q&A
16:30 – 17:45	Mobile Banking: Trade Policy Issues This session will further explore the "trade" issues raised by mobile banking, and the role played by trade policy. Drawing from the previous presentations, speakers in this session will identify and discuss the main trade and trade policy issues raised by mobile banking, so as to provide a basis for further debate.
	Mr. Hamid Mamdouh (Director, Trade in Services Division, WTO) Ms. Julie-Anne Guivarra (Director, Services Trade and Negotiations Section, Office of Trade Negotiations, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Mr. Sudhir Sooklal (Director, Trade and Services, Division of International Trade and Economic Development, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa) Q&A
17:45 – 18:00	Closing Remarks by the Chair