CSE 490D, Digital Financial Services, Winter 2016

Schedule

Week	Date	Discussion Leaders	Topic	Paper
1	January 6	Richard Anderson	Course introduction	Slides: PPTX PDF PDF Handouts
2	January 13	Emily, Meredith, Sarah	mPesa	Designing Mobile Money Services: Lessons from M-PESA(pdf) (Reading Quiz) Slides: PDF
3	January 20	Akshay, Akshat	Cellular Communication	Digital inclusion and the role of mobile in Nigeria (GSMA) (pdf) (Reading Quiz) Slides: PDF
4	January 27	Caitlin, Evan	Customers	Doing Digital Finance Right: The Case for Stronger Mitigation of Customer Risks (CGAP) (PDF) (Reading Quiz) Slides: PDF
5	February 3	Trevor	Technology (USSD)	Promoting Competition in Mobile Payments: The Role of USSD (CGAP) (PDF)(Reading Quiz) Slides: PPTX PDF
6	February 10	Aakash, Sarah Z.	Rural Agents	Spotlight on Rural Supply: Critical factors to create successful mobile money agents (GSMA) (PDF) (Reading Quiz) Slides: PDF
7	February 17	Emma, Joel	Government Payments	Electronic G2P Payments: Evidence from Four Lower-Income Countries (PDF) (Reading Quiz) Slides: PDF
8	February 24	David Lubinski (BMGF)	Payment Platforms	The Level One Project Guide Designing a New System for Financial Inclusion (PDF)
9	March 2	Amrutha, Andrew	Data Use	The Potential of Digital Data: How Far Can It Advance Financial Inclusion? (CGAP)(PDF) (Reading Quiz)
10	March 9	Steven, Eric	Risk Analysis	Proportional risk-based AML/CFT regimes for mobile money A framework for assessing risk factors and mitigation measures (PDF)

The course is one credit, and will be CR/NC
Each enrolled student will help lead one on the paper discussions which will include a brief powerpoint presentation (based on a provided template).
Every week, there will be two short answer questions, due on Tuesday night before class. To receive credit, students will need to submit answers on 7 of 9 papers.
No final exam