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WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will host the Financial Inclusion Forum. The forum will bring together a diverse group of leaders from the U.S. and foreign governments, financial institutions and other corporations, and nonprofits. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will deliver opening remarks.At this event, participants will explore ways to foster greater access to safe and affordable financial services for everyone. A number of participants are expected to make announcements about specific ways that they can accelerate progress on financial inclusion efforts in the United States and worldwide.WHO:Panel 1:Financial Inclusion to Advance Global Growth and EqualityJacob J. Lew, Secretary, U.S. Department of the TreasuryBill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationJamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JP Morgan ChaseQueen Máxima of the Netherlands, U.N. Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for DevelopmentLuis Videgaray Caso, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, MexicoPanel 2:Financial Inclusion: Financial Services Industry PerspectivesDan Schulman, CEO, PaypalSteven Streit, Founder and CEO, GreendotWill Lansing, CEO, FICORamesh Ramanathan, Chair, JanalakshmiPanel 3:Market Solutions to Expand Access to Safe and Affordable Products and ServicesBill Bynum, President and CEO, HOPE CDFINick Hughes, Strategy Director and Founder, M-KopaStrive Masiyiwa, Chairman and Founder, EconetBob Annibale, Global Director, Citi Community DevelopmentPanel 4:How Government Can Support Financial InclusionSarah Bloom Raskin, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the TreasuryRichard Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection BureauMartin Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationNjuguna S. Ndung’u, Former Governor, Central Bank of KenyaWHAT:Financial Inclusion ForumWHEN:Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ESTWHERE:U.S. Department of the TreasuryCash Room1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20220RSVP:Media planning to attend must RSVP by 3:00 p.m. EST on Monday, November 30, 2015 to Dan Cruz at daniel.cruz@treasury.gov.Media without press credentials issued by Treasury must include the following information for access into the building: (1) full legal name, (2) date of birth, (3) social security number, and (4) country of citizenship.Media attending with camera equipment must arrive at the South Entrance (15th Street and Alexander Hamilton Place) no later than 6:30 a.m. EST on December 1 to allow time for equipment sweeps and set-up. No vehicles will be permitted onto Treasury grounds, and equipment must be carried in. All other media should arrive by 7:00 a.m. EST at the main entrance (Pennsylvania Avenue/New York Avenue and 15th Street).A live webcast will be available at /news/webcastsAGENDA:All times are EST7:45 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. Opening Remarks and Keynote Address8:10 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Panel 1: Financial Inclusion to Advance Global Growth &
Equality9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Panel 2: Financial Inclusion: Financial Services
Industry Perspectives10:35 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. Breakout Sessions (closed press)12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Session: Testing New Approaches1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Panel 3: Market Solutions to Expand Access to Safe and
Affordable Products and Services Affordable Products
and Services2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Panel 4: How Government Can Support Financial
Inclusion 4:00 p.m. Concluding Remarks and Forum Closing ###