This document sets out the Agenda, Summary Report and Speaker Biographies for the FinCoNet International Seminar on Market Conduct Supervisors Responding to the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, held on 12 November 2021.
Speakers included:
- Mr. Yuji Yamashita, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan.
- Professor Tomasz Piskorski, Professor of Real Estate in the Finance Division at Columbia Business School and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Piskorski is the co-author of Government and Private Household Debt Relief During COVID-19.
- Ms. Loretta Michaels, is an independent consultant with a focus on policy strategy around digital financial inclusion. She works closely with the World Bank/IFC, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). Ms. Michaels is the co-author of Regulatory Flexibility During the Pandemic: Emerging Lessons for the Center for Financial Inclusion.
- Mr. Pedro Dias, Head of Division, Banking Conduct Supervision Department, Banco de Portugal and Chair of FinCoNet Standing Committee 2: Exit strategies from payment holidays: supervisory approaches and challenges regarding the management of prearrears and arrears.
- Ms. Teresa Frick, Director of Supervision at the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada.
- Mr. John Salomon, Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC).
- Ms. Fredes Montes, Senior Financial Specialist at the World Bank’s Payment System Development Group and co-chair of the Financial Inclusion Global Initiative (FIGI) working group on Cybersecurity for Financial Infrastructure.
- Ms. Magda Bianco, Head of the Directorate General for Consumer Protection and Financial Education, Bank of Italy and Chair of FinCoNet Standing Committee 3: Supervisory challenges relating to the increase in digital transactions (especially payments), including mitigating cybersecurity risks and tackling financial scams.
