Can Digital Finance be an Enabler for Affordable Housing?

4pm - 4:30pm

6 JULY 2019

Add to Calendar 06-07-2019 4:00 PM 06-07-2019 4:30 PM Kuala Lumpur Can Digital Finance be an Enabler for Affordable Housing? What are the futures of financial inclusion and affordable housing in the dawn of a new Malaysia? Following the launch of the National Housing Policy, will those of low and middle incomes be able to look forward to improving their financial health and education? According to the 2018 Fintech Malaysia Report and statistics from Bank Negara Malaysia, 85.1% of the population utilises online banking facilities. Meanwhile, the Financial Stability Review of early 2018 revealed a “mismatch between housing demand and supply”. How can these two scenarios be bridged together?
Join Ms Khor Jia Wei, a Digital Innovation Specialist from United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Malaysia, as she explores the current states of local financial health and affordable housing, their relationship with financial inclusion, as well as innovations in digital finance. Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Hall 8

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Can Digital Finance be an Enabler for Affordable Housing?

What are the futures of financial inclusion and affordable housing in the dawn of a new Malaysia? Following the launch of the National Housing Policy, will those of low and middle incomes be able to look forward to improving their financial health and education? According to the 2018 Fintech Malaysia Report and statistics from Bank Negara Malaysia, 85.1% of the population utilises online banking facilities. Meanwhile, the Financial Stability Review of early 2018 revealed a “mismatch between housing demand and supply”. How can these two scenarios be bridged together?
Join Ms Khor Jia Wei, a Digital Innovation Specialist from United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Malaysia, as she explores the current states of local financial health and affordable housing, their relationship with financial inclusion, as well as innovations in digital finance.

About The Speaker

Khor Jia Wei

As a Digital Innovation Specialist at United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Malaysia, Ms Khor Jia Wei provides strategic plans and execution of programmes with the goal of incorporating digital financial services in people's lives so that no one is left out in the financial economy. With focus on driving active usage and going beyond access, she helps support the development of use-cases that identify with needs of consumers.