Deploying Generative AI to Democratize Finance

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Join us for a forward-looking Deep Dive with Clarisse Awamengwi, IE correspondent and fintech innovator, discussing her illuminating article “Leveraging Generative AI to Accelerate Financial Inclusion.” In this timely piece, Clarisse explores how generative AI can do more than boost operational efficiency—it can become a powerful catalyst for equitable access to financial services. From delivering financial literacy in local languages and crafting tailored investment guidance for underserved groups, to enhancing accessibility for people with disabilities, she highlights how a wide range of actors—from entrepreneurs and investors to fintechs and traditional financial institutions—can harness GenAI to drive inclusion rather than merely reduce costs.

Topics We’ll Explore

• Designing for inclusion: What it takes to ensure GenAI tools enhance affordability, accessibility, and relevance—especially for customers in underbanked regions
• Localization & personalization: Using GenAI to deliver financial education and tools in native languages and context-specific formats
• Operational vs. mission impact: Navigating the tension between using AI for efficiency and deploying it with intentionality to expand access
• Risk & ethics: Protective strategies for responsible AI deployment—bias mitigation, privacy, compliance, and guarding against deepening inequities

Featured Guest

Clarisse Awamengwi, an Impact Entrepreneur Correspondent, works at the forefront of financial innovation. She is deeply passionate about mobilizing technology and finance as tools to positively transform the global financial and monetary system. Building on broad and deep global experience, she has laid the groundwork for emerging technologies to create a more equitable, inclusive and accessible economy across both advanced and emerging markets. These range from accelerating progress on blockchain and digital assets at the World Economic Forum to evolving the future of banking at Deutsche Bank. She has been named to the Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist as a Standout 45 woman in fintech and rising star. She holds a Master’s degree in International Economy Policy from Sciences Po and Bachelor’s degrees in Foreign Affairs and Global Development Studies from the University of Virginia.