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Vice President, Global Public Policy Inclusive Fintech and International Development

Heba Shams leads Mastercard’s engagement with the UN system and other multilateral organizations on global public policy issues affecting the payments industry. She is responsible for advising Mastercard’s leadership on financial inclusion policies in developing countries and emerging markets and advancing the company’s thought leadership on the role of product, policy, and regulatory design in advancing economically sustainable financial inclusion. Heba has over 15 years of experience in international development.

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PRESENTED & AUTHORED BY HEBA

EVENT

IMF & WBG ANNUAL MEETING 2024

Mastercard hosting and participating in special events during International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Annual Meetings 2024

PERSPECTIVE

UNGA 2024

Mastercard hosts and participates in special events during UNGA 2024

PERSPECTIVE

Spring Meetings 2024

Upcoming webinar discussing the crucial role of science and technology in advancing gender equality

OCTOBER 2023

SDGs second half: betting on digital

Can digital technology help us reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 despite the headwinds?

JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2023

A digital trust agenda in a fractious multilateral cooperation ecosystem

Broad efforts to promote cybersecurity, privacy, and other standards

DECEMBER 2022

Multilateral digital policy retrospective for 2022

Top five multilateral research and initiatives on digital policy in 2022

NOVEMBER 2022

Greening global digital policy — what it means for business

Green global digital policy still in the making and opportunity is ripe for engagement and public-private collaboration

OCTOBER 2022

Special issue on UNGA 77 and the IMF/World Bank annual meetings 2022

Inaugural issue taking stock of issues and trends in multilateral policy space

REPORT

Real-time payments insights

Report on challenges and opportunities of RTP in budget-constrained environments