Banking the Unbanked: Where Are We Now?

LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY / SCOTTISH POVERTY INFORMATION UNIT / GRAND CENTRAL
SAVING BANK CONFERENCE

Banking the Unbanked: Where Are We Now?
Tues 22 Jan 08, Glasgow

A major conference on banking and strategies to tackle financial exclusion

“Disadvantaged people have as much need as anybody else in today's society
to get access to decent financial services. This conference is an
important opportunity for all those involved to sit down together and try
to work out what the barriers are and how they can be addressed.”
Keith Aitken, Conference Chair

How do we achieve the delivery of financial services that meet the needs
of the most vulnerable groups?

To what extent can financial inclusion measures contribute to combating
poverty and social exclusion?

Who should be responsible for tackling financial exclusion?

How can government, industry and the voluntary sector work together to
improve access to and the development of effective products for vulnerable
groups?

This conference will examine ethical banking for disadvantaged groups. It
will bring together speakers and delegates from financial services, the
voluntary sector, communities and government to debate and discuss
government strategies for tackling financial exclusion. It will provide a
unique opportunity to discuss the most pressing issues relating to both
policy and practice.

Keynote speaker, Professor Asif Dowla (author, The Poor Always Pay Back)
will discuss the work of the Grameen Bank, which is internationally famous
as a pioneer of micro-credit and will draw out transferable lessons for
the UK.

To register, please contact Susan Clark on +44 (0) 141 354 1274 or
seminars@lsa.org.uk.

For more information:
http://www.lsa.org.uk/bankingtheunbankedwherearewenow.aspx

Organised by Glasgow Caledonian University, Legal Services Agency Ltd.,
PKF (UK) LLP, Grand Central Savings, and the Scottish Poverty Information
Unit