EVENTS

November 17 - 18, 2022 Siam Reap, Cambodia

Dr. Turner will attend the ASEAN Credit Reporting Convention hosted by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC).

With Cambodia holding the current Chairmanship of ASEAN, the NBC in collaboration with the CBC will indeed be organizing the first ever ASEAN Credit Reporting Convention in Siem Reap, Cambodia with the support of several organizations including the Business Information Industry Association (BIIA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The goal of this convention is to bring together regulatory and industry stakeholders on a single platform to discuss important issues that impact credit information and credit risk industries.

With this in mind, Dr. Turner will be giving a talk entitled “Alternative Data and Alternative Scoring inside Credit Reporting Credit.” This talk will focus on what alternative data is, how it is being used, and what benefits arise in including alternative data in credit reporting systems. Stay tuned for more details!

October 30, 2021 Shanghai, China

Dr. Turner will virtually attend the Financial Infrastructure Development Network (FIDN) Roundtable on Technology and Regulation: Good Data Governance for Responsible Digital Finance, hosted by Fudan University and Chey Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS). He will speak on the panel discussing strengthening the data governance framework. Stay tuned for more details! 

April 6 -7, 2021 World Wide Web

Dr. Turner attended the 9th Financial Infrastructure Development Network (FIDN) Conference on Deepening Reforms organized by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), the Philippines Department of Finance, and Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX). He spoke on the lessons from international experience with credit reporting and how to reap the benefits of a sustainable credit information ecosystem. 

November 26, 2020 World Wide Web

Dr. Turner and Patrick Walker attended the 8th Financial Infrastructure Development Network (FIDN) Conference on “Financial Infrastructure Support for Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery in Asia-Pacific,” organized by the State Bank of Vietnam, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Patrick Walker spoke on recent financial infrastructure reforms and credit reporting system developments in the region, and Dr. Turner will be moderating. 

November 24 - 25, 2020 Manila, Philippines

Join us and the Makati Business Club for the virtual release of our joint-study on the credit information system in the Philippines! If you’re in the Philippines, it will be taking place November 25th from 8-10AM. If you’re in North America, it will be taking place November 24th from 7-9PM. Register here. 

October 21, 2020 World Wide Web

Dr. Turner will be participating in this virtual workshop on “Credit Reporting in the New Normal, Forward Looking” hosted by the Thai Bankers’ Association and the APEC Financial Infrastructure Development Network. He will be discussing the ecosystem for credit reporting service providers. Stay tuned for more details!

September 22 - 24, 2020 World Wide Web 

Dr. Turner will be participating in the Consumer Data Industry Association’s virtual 2020 Law & Industry Conference. He will be speaking on the panel on COVID-19: Implications for the Consumer Reporting Industry and discussing our recent paper on this topic. Find more details about the event here.

July 30, 2020 World Wide Web

Accurate and complete credit data is integral to the overall safety and soundness of the economy as well as post-pandemic economic recovery. Data suppression in the wake of COVID-19 has been a hot topic in our field today, however research shows data suppression is more harmful for consumers and credit economies than not reporting accurately with consumers in accommodation programs.  In July 2020, PERC wrote a report titled Addition is Better than Subtraction: The Risks from Data Suppression and Benefits of Adding More Positive Data in Credit Reporting finding that “that data suppression/deletion measures put forward in some proposed legislation addressing the economic fallout of COVID-19 was more likely to harm borrowers than to help them.” The report also found that lower-income and minority borrowers would be most harmed by data suppression.

Join us for a live webinar on July 30th, 2020 at 2PM EST with Michael A. Turner, Ph.D.,  founder, President, and CEO of PERC and Patrick Walker, M.A., Director of Research of PERC to further discuss their report and why suppression/deletion of credit data poses a risk to the safety and soundness of the financial system. The event will include a live Q&A session, moderated by Francis Creighton, President & CEO at the Consumer Data Industry Association. Register here.

May 18, 2020 Bangkok, Thailand

Dr. Turner will be participating in this videoconference hosted by the Asia-Pacific Financial Forum and Thai Bankers’ Association. He will be discussing policy and regulatory measures to support MSMEs, and specifically how policies governing credit reporting should be handled under the present circumstances. Read PERC’s research on small business recovery from disasters here, and our discussion of credit reporting issues during the pandemic here.

April 30, 2020 World Wide Web

The PERC team attended this online webinar on credit reporting policy issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the International Finance Corporation. Several industry experts shared the approaches their countries were taking, as well as their thoughts on the International Committee for Credit Reporting’s (ICCR) guidance on this issue.

April 2 - 3, 2020 Hamburg, Germany

Dr. Turner will be attending the Spring 2020 International Committee for Credit Reporting meeting hosted by the Bundesbank. Stay tuned for more details!

February 13 - 14, 2020 Nairobi, Kenya

Patrick Walker participated in the 5th Africa Credit Information Sharing Conference, hosted by CIS Kenya, on “Embedding Robust Credit Infrastructure for Accelerate Economic Growth in Africa: Roadmap towards Inclusive and Sustainable Growth.” Learn more about the event and register here.

April 4 - 5, 2019 Poitiers, France

Dr. Turner will be attending the Spring 2019 ICCR meeting hosted by the Banque de France. Stay tuned for more details!

March 29, 2019 Tokyo, Japan

Kazumi Moore represented the Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition at this Asia-Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) seminar hosted by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). She spoke about the critical nexus between credit information sharing systems and sustainable SME financing, as well as next-generation projects in credit information sharing. See her slides here.

January 24, 2019 Bangkok, Thailand

Patrick Walker will be attending the 2019 Strategy and Planning Meeting for APFF, APFIF, and APIP on behalf of PERC. The meeting will address concrete deliverables for 2019, including financial inclusion, the financial services data ecosystem, and MSME finance.

November 20, 2018 Manila, Philippines

PERC and the Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition (APCC) are co-organizing a day-long workshop on credit information sharing policy along with the Credit Information Corporation (CIC) and the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).  The forum revolving around the theme: ‘Credit Data & Information Sharing’ on 20th of November 2018 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Manila.

The forum shares out with Credit Data, Data Security, Data Sharing, and Data Usability from the aspects of regulation, security, and business usage, and financing industry for the inclusive growth and access to credit in the Philippines.

November 15, 2018  Brunei

PERC is co-organizing a Financial Infrastructure Development Network workshop in Brunei. Dr. Turner and Patrick Walker will be speaking about the evolution of credit information systems, assessing credit risks of MSMEs, and promoting fairness, competition, and innovation

September 26 - 27, 2018 Washington, DC

Patrick Walker will be attending the Asia-Pacific Financial Forum’s Financial Data Ecosystem Roadmap Conference in Washington, DC. The conference will focus on the APFF’s Financial Data Ecosystem Roadmap initiative, which will be brought to the APEC Ministers of Finance meeting in October.

September 23 - 25, 2018 New Delhi, India

Dr. Turner will be participating as a panelist at the 11th World Consumer Credit Reporting Conference in India. He will be speaking on key regulatory developments impacting the future of the credit reporting and financial services industries.

September 17, 2018 Washington, DC

Dr. Turner will be delivering a keynote address on Credit Invisibles and Credit Deserts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Building a Bridge to Credit Visibility symposium.

July 19, 2018 Taipei Taiwan 

Dr. Michael Turner participated in the Digital Innovation forum as a panelist in Taipei.  This Session will focus on creating the Ecosystem for Digital Finance. 

 Click here to see the Agenda list.

https://www.diftaipei2018.org/schedule.html

February 22, 2018 Rabat, Morocco

Dr. Turner moderates a panel of European central bankers discussing the need for more granular data to undertake prudential regulations.

 November 29, 2017Manila, Philippines

Dr. Turner will speak at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) 5th Financial Infrastructure Development Network Workshop, on November 29th in Manila. He will discuss the nexus between personal credit information sharing and MSME access to credit. 

See the agenda:   DRAFT-PROGRAMME

 September 11, 2017 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Dr. Turner will participate the APEC SME Finance Forum as a panelist in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to discuss on scaling up supply chain finance to strengthen SME competitiveness and innovation. This Session will focus on reviewing the developments of supply chain finance in the Asia-Pacific Region. 

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Executive Roundtable

February 16 – 17, 2017

Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore

​Brought together over 100 senior executives and government officials to discuss state of trade and economic policy in Asia-Pacific.

October 14 - 15, 2016 Lima, Peru

PERC CEO and President Dr. Michael Turner participated in the APEC Executive Dialogue on Finance, in Lima, Peru. Dr. Turner addressed member economy finance ministers, senior regulators, and industry leaders as part of a two-day workshop exploring key issues around financial inclusion.​
 

September 27, 2016 Washington, DC

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Dr. Michael Turner, President and CEO of PERC, testified before the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit on a range of bills pertaining to consumer credit reporting. The hearing was titled “Examining Legislative Proposals to Address Consumer Access to Mainstream Banking Services.” To view the hearing, click on http://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=401040 

September 26 - 27, 2016 Toronto

​Patrick Walker delivered a presentation on financial inclusion.​ 

August 24 - 25, 2016 Bangkok​

Patrick Walker will present a session and moderate a panel on credit information sharing at this event hosted by the Bank of Thailand and sponsored by the Thai Bankers’ Association and APEC Business Advisory Council.​ 

 August 1, 2016Shenzhen, China

​Patrick Walker will present on the CIS workstream. 

April 26 - 29, 2016 Washington, DC

​Patrick Walker will serve as a panelist to discuss mortgage credit risk assessment. He will discuss a groundbreaking new study on which PERC, HUD and FICO are partnering (among others) examining the impact of rental payment data in credit risk models. 

April 7 - 8, 2016 Tokyo​

At this Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) hosted Financial Inclusion Forum, Michael Turner will present and lead the CIS workstream. 

November 12, 2015 Manila, Philippines​

PERC’s Robin Varghese will attend and participate in a panel. 

October 30, 2015 HongKong. China

​Michael Turner will present on Consumer Credit Reporting. 

October 28, 2015 Manila, Philippines

Robin Varghese will discuss “Extending Inclusive Credit Using Non-Traditional Data” on a panel. 

October 26, 2015 Xian, China

Michael Turner will present “Credit Scoring & Big Data,” which will cover the topics of Big Data, Alternative Data, Credit Reporting and Credit Scoring.​ 

April 23, 2015 Washington, DC

​PERC and TCAI release a new white paper that finds federal law (CROA) discourages consumers from learning about credit reports and scores. The paper is being released at the Longworth House Office Bldg in Washington, DC. The report can be downloaded here:  http://www.perc.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CROA.pdf 

March 20, 2015 Washington, DC

Patrick Walker will attend the Credit Builders Alliance’s convening and briefly present on PERC’s alternative data work and give a status update on proposed analysis of rental payment data. 

March 3 - 4, 2015 Tagaytay City, Philippines

​PERC’s Dr. Michael Turner and Dr. Robin Varghese will participate in this forum centered on developing the lending infrastructure for financial inclusion. The forum is being organized by ABAC and The Foundation for Development Cooperation, in partnership with the Citi Foundation. Turner and Varghese will both chair sessions and Dr. Turner will present on the […] 

January 27 - 31, 2015 Hong Kong

​PERC’s Dr. Robin Varghese will attend and present at the first meeting of the year for the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). Dr. Varghese will present on ways to facilitate SMME access to regional and global finance and ways to promote resilient SMMEs.​ 

October 23, 2014 Beijing

​APEC’s Business Advisory Council organized this event and it is titled “The Way Forward for Regional Public-Private Financial Cooperation.” Raymond Ngai, Director, Strategy and Planning for TransUnion will represent the APCC and give a presentation on Developing Credit Information Systems. Mr. Ngai, among other issues, will discuss regulatory enforcement frameworks and bureau ownership structures. 

October 19 - 21, 2014 Dubai​

Dr. Michael Turner will participate as a speaker at the 9th WCCRC. You can find out more information online, http://www.wccrc2014.com/index.html. 

March 19 - 20, 2014 Shanghai, China

​Dr. Robin Varghese will present at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion. The forum, sponsored by CITI Foundation, is organized by APEC Business Advisory Council, The Foundation for Development Cooperation, Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center and Asian Development Bank Institute and will take place in Shanghai. 

March 13, 2014 Washington, D.C.​

Patrick Walker  will be a panelist at the 2014 Annual Conference for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). He will speak at the workshop entitled, “Is Credit Scoring Shutting Out Access to Credit?” For more information about the 2014 NCRC Annual Conference, visit their website. 

December 11, 2013 New Delhi, India

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Patrick Walker will present at the 2nd South Asia Regional Workshop on Microfinance Credit Reporting. He will be a member of a panel about quantifying benefits of credit reporting. 

November 12, 2013 Jakarta, Indonesia

​Dr. Michael Turner will participate in  the Retail Banking & Payment Products for Tomorrow, a forum hosted by the IFC. The forum will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia. He will be on the panel Big Data, small applications: taking practical steps to leverage “digital integration.” 

October 29 - 30, 2013 London, England

PERC President Dr. Michael Turner will be participating in Accion’s Financial Inclusion Forum 2020 Global Summit in London.
 

September 25 - 27, 2013 Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Michael Turner will be speaking at Experian’s Fourth Annual Energy Advisory Council. More information about the event is online. 

June 13, 2013 Minneapolis, Minnesota

​Patrick Walker, Director of Research, participated in the Ashoka Solutions Forum. THe topic of the forum was “New ways to put money to work for social change.” 

June 11, 2013 Batam Island

​Dr. Robin Varghese attended the 2013 Financial Inclusion Forum. 

June 10, 2013 Washington, D.C.

Patrick Walker attended the Capital Access Innovation Summit, hosted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The summit will feature panels and breakout sessions that assess opportunities to strengthen capital formation for entrepreneurs, small and growing companies. Particular attention will focus on (1) public and private capital market access, [… 

May 30 - 31, 2013 Washington, D.C.​

Dr. Michael Turner will attend the Ashoka Future Forum in Washington, D.C. Dr. Turner will be one of the 400 leading innovators from across the US who will discuss, learn and act on areas where we are seeing the most dramatic change. You can find out more online. 

May 20 - 23, 2013 Bangkok, Thailand​

Dr. Robin Varghese will attend the Global Forum on Remittances hosted by the IFAD in Bangkok, Thailand. For mor information about the event please visit their website. 

May 5 - 8, 2013 Carlsbad, California

​Dr. Michael Turner will be one of a number of industry experts speaking at Experian’s 2013 Vision Conference. You can find more information here. 

September 13, 2012 Washington, DC

​PERC president and CEO Dr. Michael Turner will testify on Capitol Hill September 13 at a hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. At the hearing, entitled “Examing the Uses of Consumer Credit Data,” Dr. Turner will testify on the benefits of non-financial payment data. 

July 13, 2012 St. Kitts and Nevis

​The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Eastern Caribbean Central Bank are hosting a Caribbean Credit Reporting Conference in St. Kitts and Nevis July 13 2012. PERC president and CEO Dr. Michael Turner will give a presentation on “Developing Credit Reporting Legislation: Balancing Consumer’s Rights and the Business Realities.” For more information about the IFC in the Caribbean, visit their website. 

June 7 - 8, 2012 Chicago, Illinois​

PERC president and CEO, Dr. Michael Turner, will attend the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting brings together “nearly 1,000 leaders from business, government, and the nonprofit sector to address economic growth in the United States.” For more information, visit the Clinton Global Initiative America homepage,http://www.cgiamerica.org/. 

June 25 - 27, 2012 Shanghai, China​

Dr. Robin Varghese will attend the Asian Development Bank’s Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion: Approaches, Regulations and Cross-Border Issues in late June. The conference will be held over the course of three days. Among the issues discussed will be information, credit bureaus and regulations as well as microfinance regulations. For more information about the event, […]​ 

June 20, 2012 Washington, DC

​PERC hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill designed to move beyond the rhetoric, and examine a key policy issue relating to consumer credit reporting from a fact-based perspective. PERC has assembled a panel of experts who will explore the pros and cons of including fully reported—both timely and late payment information—non-financial payment data, so-called “alternative data,” […] 

May 21 - 24, 2012 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

​Dr. Robin Varghese attended a meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the second metting of the year, the first took place in February in Hong Kong, China. The focus of the meetings is to work to develop the ABAC 2012 Report to APEC Economic Leaders. 

June 16, 2010: Manila, Phillippines

Anthony Hadley of Experian presented on “Promoting Financial Inclusion and SME Lending: Establishing Financial Identity” at the SEACEN-ABAC-ABA-PECC Dialogue, Promoting Inclusive Growth In The Region in Manila. 

May 31, 2010: Sapporo, Japan

PERC’s Robin Varghese presented on financial identity and information-sharing at the APEC Public-Private Sector Forum On The Development Of Bond Markets And Financial Inclusion. The meetings were part of the APEC Second Senior Financial Officials Meeting. While in Sapporo he was asked to participate in a meeting with the finance ministries of the United States, Australia, Japan, and the Philippines on a financial inclusion agenda for 2011. 

May 20, 2010: Taipei, Taiwan

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Tom Clark, of GE Capital, presented on behalf of APCC at the meeting of the Advisory Group On APEC Financial System Capacity-Building, APEC Financial Inclusion Forum, and APEC Financial Inclusion Initiative. Clark spoke about information sharing and presented on reforms that can assist in the development of financial identity. 

February 12, 2010

PERC and the APCC were represented by Dunn and Bradstreet Australasia in Melbourne, Australia. 

November 19-20, 2009: Beijing, China

Co-organized by PERC and Peking University, the two-day conference hosted over two hundred attendees and a dozen speakers and experts. The main topics included challenges and opportunities for China's reform, innovation in its financial system, and developing a multi-level lending market amid the global financial crisis. 

July 27-28, 2009: Bangkok, Thailand

Representing the APCC, PERC's Robin Varghese sat on the panel of experts at the fifth annual meeting. 

Bangkok, Thailand: October 30-31, 2008

October 16, 2008

The APCC sponsored Dr. Michael Turner to speak at the AICM 2008 conference. Dr. Turner provided conference delegates with insights on the 2008 World Consumer Credit Conference and spoke about implications for Australia. 

September 9, 2008

Download Information Sharing and Credit Access: Lessons for Policy, an APCC white paper on the economic effects of sharing consumer credit information. 

December 13, 2007 Washington, DC​

Dr. Robin Varghese presented at the Federal Reserve Board’s Credit Scoring Forum in Washington, DC.