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WSBI programme to double savings accounts at members World Bank Brown Bag Lunch Washington DC, 17 Sep 2013 STRETCHING THE AFFORDABILITY ENEVELOPE Weselina Angelow

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WSBI programmeto double savings accounts at members

World Bank Brown Bag Lunch 

Washington DC, 17  Sep 2013

STRETCHING  THEAFFORDABILITY

ENEVELOPEWeselina Angelow

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The challenge we were left with:How to provide +/‐ 5 transactions per month within the affordability envelope shown below

and recognise we have to share this with other suppliers

Poorest Four (Uganda, Tanzania     B.Faso & Kenya)

Middle three (Lesotho, Vietnam  and 

Morocco)

Best off three (Indonesia, El Salv.    & 

South Africa)

Suggested target market

mod/near‐poor householders

mix of unbanked householders and 

third adults

secondary householders/     third adults

Daily spend in target market +/‐ $1.25 $2~$3 $3~$6

Likely monthly financial flow +/‐ $25 +/‐ $60 +/‐ $80

Max. available to pay for fin. Services …  per month

+/‐ $1.00 +/‐ $1.50 +/‐ $2

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We have to think about a lot of needs that must be met within the envelope

Get  periodic but irregular  surpluses of money out of the pocket quickly

Accumulate / lock away usable lump 

sums derived from put aside surpluses

Turn spasmodic lump‐sums into a predictable but not always regular cash 

flow

Send and/or receive money from friends 

and family

Interfacing with the formal economy (without wasting time/money)

THE MOST IMMEDIATEPRIORITY FROM THE

BOTTOM UP

WHAT MEMBERSDO MOST

TOP-DOWN VIEW OF‘SAVING’

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We now have to think much, much more about members’ capacities to meet needs rather than just thinking about ‘products’

Systems that meet the needs of the poor must have all the same capacities that any good IT platform for mass‐retail banking has – the needs of the poor are not so different

REMOTELY TRIGGERED ¦ INCREASINGLY ELECTRONIC ¦ REMOTE / DIGI.

Traditional savings plans become more of a digital extension to capturing cash flow

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Adding low–cost digital transactions into the mix

WSBI has invested $15 million adding in the core capacities and we are focusing on remote digital accessibility

service already available

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So the critical issue is …… 

Poorest Four (Uganda, Tanzania     B.Faso & Kenya)

Middle three (Lesotho, Vietnam  and 

Morocco)

Best off three (Indonesia, El Salv.    & 

South Africa)

Likely monthly financial flow +/‐ $25 +/‐ $60 +/‐ $80

Max. available to pay for fin. Services …  per month

+/‐ $1.00 +/‐ $1.50 +/‐ $2

Transaction cost to supply$1 40¢ 30¢ 20¢ 15¢ 10¢ 5¢ 0¢

Fully costed branchATM>>>>>>>A

Bank Agent >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>Mobile money >>>>>>

Mobile bankiingE‐batch}How many

and what mix of these…

<<<<…canwe fit

In here

?

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World Bank Brown Bag Lunch 

Washington DC,  Sep 2013

Weselina Angelow(Programme Manager)

. . . . the affordability challenge to our members is to price a pro‐poor package so  that customers:

a. meet as many of their needs as possible using our platforms; and then

b. use us in partnership with others to fill the gaps (particularly remote P2P and cash‐in/out