Programme Overview
Training Description
Who Should Attend
- Branch managers and operations managers
- Product development professionals
- Business development and strategy teams
- Risk and compliance professionals
- Fraud and cybersecurity professionals
- Customer experience professionals
- Banking executives
- Financial-sector regulators and policymakers
- Professionals responsible for expanding financial acces
Session Objectives
- Understand the principles and importance of financial inclusion through agency banking.
- Implement techniques for analyzing the role of agency banking in reaching underserved populations.
- Implement techniques for analyzing the role of agency banking in reaching underserved populations.
- Understand the principles of utilizing data analytics to identify underserved areas and track progress.
- Understand the legal and ethical considerations related to financial inclusion and agency banking.
- Develop strategies for measuring and analyzing the effectiveness of financial inclusion initiatives.
About the Course
Financial Inclusion and Agency Banking: Expanding Access to Underserved Communities is a practical training course designed to equip banking, fintech, microfinance, agency banking, development finance, and financial-services professionals with the knowledge and skills required to develop, manage, and scale agency banking models that expand access to financial services.
The course explores the strategic role of agency banking in reaching underserved and geographically dispersed customers through alternative delivery channels. Participants will examine agent-network development, product design, customer onboarding, liquidity management, agent monitoring, technology, risk management, fraud prevention, consumer protection, and regulatory considerations. The programme emphasizes how financial institutions can build sustainable agency networks while maintaining service quality, security, compliance, and customer trust.
Curriculum & Topics
8 Topics | 32 Sessions
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Workshop 1.1: • Principles and importance of financial inclusion through agency banking.
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Workshop 1.2: • Understanding the financial inclusion landscape and its strategic relevance.
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Workshop 1.3: • Benefits of expanding financial access to underserved populations.
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Workshop 1.4: • Historical context and evolution of financial inclusion.
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Workshop 2.1: • Techniques for analyzing the role of agency banking in reaching underserved populations.
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Workshop 2.2: • Implementing market research and gap analysis.
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Workshop 2.3: • Managing underserved populations.
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Workshop 2.4: • Utilizing demographic data and community assessments.
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Workshop 3.1: • Role of policy frameworks and regulatory environments on financial inclusion.
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Workshop 3.2: • Understanding regulatory compliance and policy development.
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Workshop 3.3: • Implementing policy advocacy and stakeholder engagement.
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Workshop 3.4: • Managing policy frameworks.
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Workshop 4.1: • Techniques for developing and implementing financial inclusion plans.
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Workshop 4.2: • Implementing strategic planning and project management.
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Workshop 4.3: • Utilizing financial inclusion frameworks and tools.
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Workshop 4.4: • Managing inclusion plans.
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Workshop 5.1: • Principles of utilizing data analytics to identify underserved areas and track progress.
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Workshop 5.2: • Understanding data collection and analysis.
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Workshop 5.3: • Understanding data collection and analysis.
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Workshop 5.4: • Managing data analytics.
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Workshop 6.1: • Techniques for expanding agent networks to bridge the financial access gap.
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Workshop 6.2: • Implementing network expansion strategies and methodologies.
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Workshop 6.3: • Utilizing agent recruitment and training programs.
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Workshop 6.4: • Utilizing agent recruitment and training programs.
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Workshop 7.1: • Role of customer education and awareness in promoting financial inclusion.
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Workshop 7.2: • Understanding financial literacy and customer education.
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Workshop 7.3: • Implementing awareness campaigns and training programs.
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Workshop 7.4: • Managing customer education.
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Workshop 8.1: • Techniques for conducting impact assessments and measuring financial inclusion outcomes.
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Workshop 8.2: • Implementing ethical considerations in financial inclusion.
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Workshop 8.3: • Utilizing performance metrics and reporting.
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Workshop 8.4: • Managing inclusion measurement.