2. KEY ACTIVITIES
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• Interviewed 19
representatives from
9 financial institutions
supporting Bim
• Conducted 6 working
sessions with Pagos
Digitales Peruanos (PDP)
and Better Than Cash
Alliance working team,
as well as external digital
finance experts
• Field visit with end‐
users in San Juan de
Lurigancho, Lima’s
most populous district
• Facilitated workshop with
PDP Operating Committee
on September 21st
• 3 P2P interventions were
selected by the committee
(of 6 proposed)
• Strategic partner identified
for 2 of the 3 pilots
• Developed an
implementation plan
and conducted a cost‐
benefit analysis for
each intervention
• Prepared final presentation
to PDP leadership
November 3rd
• Final report
currently undergoing
approval process
EVALUATE
Current Situation
SELECT
Interventions
DESIGN
Implementation
DEVELOP
Final Report
3. 3
Bim’s revolutionary model achieved major milestones early,
amid a promising yet difficult environment
PROGRESS TO DATE
Challenging circumstances... …were overcome by PDP
• Gained buy‐in from top banking
executives, resulting in joint investments
and a commitment to an unprecedented
“cooperation” model in the world
• Achieved interoperability across banks in
a highly competitive environment
• Created partnerships and interoperability
with the 3 major telecom networks
• Secured access to Banco de la Nación’s
ATM and agent network, vastly expanding
reach to underserved populations
• Expanded infrastructure and ecosystem
to create more access points for users
• Peru’s fragmented and competitive
mobile and banking sectors made it
difficult for a national mobile‐banking
strategy to take hold
• Previous attempts by banks to launch
individual digital wallets had limited
success, and few targeted the un‐
or under‐banked
• Upon the launch of Modelo Peru and PDP,
there was not an extensive or trusted
CI/CO network available to users
8. 8
Source: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares del INEI
IDENTIFY AN ATTRACTIVE MARKET
Evaluating the P2P market in Peru
INTERNAL REMITTANCES MARKET REMITTANCE FLOWS
• Internal remittances have grown 16% since 2009 to an
estimated BILLION USD (S/ 3,500 M) in 2013
• 30% of homes receive internal remittances,
a vast majority receive them regularly
• That being said, ONLY of Peruvians have sent or
received money through the formal financial system
• Additionally, OF REMITTANCES RECIPIENTS
ARE WOMEN — 61% of which are 45 years of age or older
• 87% OF REMITTANCES FLOW FROM INSIDE
THE COUNTRY
• Remittances flow toward departments experiencing
emigration (where families of migrants remain)
• Departments with highest migrant flows and,
therefore, greatest remittance potential include:
Apurímac, Amazonas, Cajamarca, y Puno
• Average remittances: US (S/ 149) IN URBAN
AREAS and US (S/ 45) IN RURAL AREAS
10. 10
To unleash the potential of P2P transfers, three pilots with specific
segments and unique financial inclusion drivers were defined
UNDERSTAND CUSTOMER NEEDS
PILOT RATIONALE POTENTIAL IMPACT
UNIVERSITY
STUDENT
RURAL
FARMER
MERCHANT
• Students receiving a
government scholarship
• Recurring digital disbursement
can serve as a catalyst for P2P
• Farmer experiencing weather‐
induced crop loss
• Digital disbursement of
insurance creates easy access to
funds available for transfers
• Small and medium enterprises
densely concentrated in a Lima
emporium
• Transact informally, mostly
through cash
• Young, digital, and more likely to be early adopters
• Can become profitable clients for banks upon graduation
and employment
• Many come from poor, rural families, providing a critical
urban‐rural link
• Have pressing need to send/receive money to/from home
• Vulnerable population, mostly outside the financial
system, with pressing financial needs
• Direct alignment with key government initiatives and,
therefore, increased pilot viability
• High users of national remittances, with as many as 30%
receiving remittances regularly (mostly through informal
channels)
• Geographic concentration of merchants, facilitating
outreach, education, and creation of “mini‐ecosystem”
• Central point of value chain, interacting frequently with
clients and providers
• Can serve as catalyst for further mobile transactions
including P2B, B2B, and B2G
• Initial phase could add more
than 6,000 monthly transactions
• This would amount to over US
$46,000 moving through Bim
• Initial phase could add more
than 3,000 monthly transactions
• This would amount to over US
$24,000 moving through Bim
• Initial phase could add more
than 10,000 monthly
transactions
• This would amount to over US
$160,000 moving through Bim