On September 28th, IPA’s Financial Inclusion Program, together with JPMorgan Chase & Co., co-hosted a workshop on using behavioral insights in the financial sector.The event brought together top behavioral scientists from both academia and industry to present recent research on financial products and services, and how participants can integrate these lessons into their own work.The event also explored how rapid-fire testing can be used by both financial institutions and nonprofit service providers to improve the design and delivery of products and services.

On September 27th, Maria Aranzazu Rodriguez Uribe (IPA Colombia) moderated a panel at the 2° Seminario Impulsando el Ahorro Voluntario (2nd Seminar Promoting Voluntary Savings).The event, hosted by the IADB and the Mexican pension authority, CONSAR, brought together key players in the Mexican long-term savings space to discuss policies and practices aiming to encourage long-term voluntary savings.The IPA panel focused on the idea of using behavioral science to promote voluntary savings, with panelists from various pension providers and policymakers describing their latest work on the topic.

From September 26-28, Alison Fahey (Policy Manager, J-PAL Global) and Dean Karlan (Yale; President, IPA) presented at a closed-door workshop on poverty reduction hosted by the King Abdulaziz University Endowment, based in Saudi Arabia.The workshop brought together 35 business, government, and non-profit leaders.