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Global Pensions and Savings Conference | The World Bank
American Benefits Council | 16 September 2016
Digital Solutions for Pension Inclusion:Digital Solutions for Pension Inclusion:Some examples from IndiaSome examples from India
Gautam Bhardwaj | pinBox Solutions
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pinBox is a global social enterprise committed
to digital pension inclusion in developing countries.
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● Context
● Harnessing technology for
● Paperless enrolments
● Cashless contributions collection
● Low-cost non-linear distribution and outreach
OutlineOutline
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CONTEXTCONTEXT
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- Lifetime poor and unpaid workers
- Workers already aged 50 years and above
- Informal sector workers who can save for old age
- Formal sector workers with pension benefits
India's Pension Coverage GapIndia's Pension Coverage Gap
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~450 million excluded workers
Life expectancy near OECD levels
~90% of 120 million current elderly do not get a pension; This population will double by 2030 and triple by 2050
~40 million taxpayers: fiscal transfers is not an policy option
Solution? Encourage thrift and self-help for retirement by young excluded citizens
Without broad-based pension inclusion, poverty among the elderly will emerge as the dominant cause of increased poverty in India
On the other hand, universal access and mass-market participation in a contributory pension program could generate >$0.5 trillion in long-term household savings within the next decade
CompulsionsCompulsions
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● Mostly young, self-employed non-salaried individual workers spread across 3.5 million sq kms
● Frequent migration across jobs and locations
● Low intermittent incomes, potentially tiny contributions and modest balances highly sensitive to transaction costs
● Low literacy; Lower financial and retirement literacy: Concepts of 'retirement' or 'pension' do not resonate
● KYC challenges
● Insignificant insurance penetration
● Negligible use of banking or regulated payment systems
● Mandatory coverage will not work. Neither will tax incentives.
Difficult Initial ConditionsDifficult Initial Conditions
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Sustainable Policy OptionSustainable Policy Option
Build scalable, technology-led mechanisms that provide secure and convenient access to simple and affordable pension and insurance solutions to citizens.
Put sustained energy and focus into encouraging thrift and self-help for old age income security by excluded young workers.
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eKYC ANDeKYC ANDDIGITAL PENSIONDIGITAL PENSION
ACCOUNTSACCOUNTS
p i n B o x S o l u t i o n sp i n B o x S o l u t i o n s
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Time: Upto 18 days to process one application form
Cost: Rs.200 per form (20% of year-one contribution)
Group meeting in field: on average 60% target clients agree to join
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~45 mins to fill each hand-written application; Collect KYC copy, photograph and first contribution
Each form and KYC is checked at field partner branch
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Branch couriers forms to central data processing hub
Hub re-checks forms and KYC; Does data-entry
Hub couriers physical applications to product provider
Field partner transfers aggregated contributions
to fund manager
BeforeBefore
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After: Integration with NID for Digital EnrolmentsAfter: Integration with NID for Digital Enrolments
Time: 3 mins (instead of 18 days) to process each application
Cost: Rs.5 per form (2.5% of earlier cost and 0.5% of year one
contribution)
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NID server verifies ID and transmits KYC data including photo onto tablet
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Digital application form and contribution transferred to
product provider in real time directly from field
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Biometric reader captures finger print. Transmits to UIDAI
Digital application form PDF with photo created using eKYC data from NID
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CASHLESS CONTRIBUTIONSCASHLESS CONTRIBUTIONS
p i n B o x S o l u t i o n sp i n B o x S o l u t i o n s
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Time: Upto 18 days for initial reconciled contributions to be
invested
Problems: High risk of theft and reconciliation errors; Collection cycle–cash-flow mismatch; High
cost of cash collection, management, fraud prevention
Group meeting in field: on average 60% target clients agree to join
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Lump sum transfer of reconciled funds to
pension fund manager along with subscriber data
BeforeBefore
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Field officer collects cash contributions from each new and existing client on a designated date
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Cash deposit and reconciliation at branch office
Branch deposits cash into bank
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Time: Real-time accounting, reconciliation and transfer of cash contributions to client's
prepaid escrow account
Cost/ Risks: Zero risk of theft or reconciliation errors; Modest
cost of contributions collection
Group meeting in field: on average 60% target clients agree to join
Prepaid account is automatically debited periodically as per each client's SI mandate; Increases persistency
After: Automated, Digital ContributionsAfter: Automated, Digital Contributionsby Unbanked Citizensby Unbanked Citizens
Each unbanked individual is provided a bank-issued prepaid card.
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Thereafter, client periodically “loads” cash onto her prepaid card at a convenient BC outlet as per her own cash-flow
A low-cost card reader attached to any mobile phone enables real-time cash-in, accounting and reconciliation in a simple transaction with zero risk of fraud or errors. Client's prepaid account balance is kept in escrow with a bank.
Reconciled contributions are
transferred directly from prepaid escrow a/c to
regulated pension fund/ insurer
Client submits a standing instruction (SI) mandate that reflects her pre-committed savings amount and frequency.
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Why did this work?Why did this work?
Simple and easy to use. Identical to loading talk-time on a prepaid mobile
Real-time, automated reconciliation and cash digitization. Zero risk of fraud or errors
Security and governance. Prepaid balance is kept in a bank escrow account in each client's name
Portable, convenient. Nationwide, interoperable cash-in outreach through BC outlets
Flexible: Allows each individual to make contributions in line with her own cash-flow
Automated contributions. Savings are deducted and automatically transferred to pension fund manager/ insurer as per each person's standing Instruction mandate without any intervention by individual clients
Affordable: Negotiated fees can be a small percentage of the contribution value and hence do not penalize the poor (as flat transaction charges would).
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NON-LINEAR DIGITAL PLATFORMNON-LINEAR DIGITAL PLATFORMTO REACH HOME HELPTO REACH HOME HELP
AND WORKERS INAND WORKERS INMICRO-ENTERPRISESMICRO-ENTERPRISES
p i n B o x S o l u t i o n sp i n B o x S o l u t i o n s
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● ~40 million individuals work as home help (cooks, security guards, maids, drivers)
● Most, especially women, will stop working in their early 50s. But will live till ~80
● Frequent migration across jobs and cities
● Demand aggregation could produce lower costs. But home help are traditionally not members of any union or group
● Low literacy, low financial literacy and negligible experience with modern finance
● Disaggregated, “invisible workforce”; Difficult to locate, reach, educate and enrol for pension and insurance programs using traditional finance sales models at an affordable transaction cost
BeforeBefore
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See short animated video on the concept at https://goo.gl/yokNrU
See short animated video on how it works at https://goo.gl/Zulpfz
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Non-linear outreach and distribution model. Instantly reaches millions of individual home help across India through their employers without incurring the traditional finance sales and distribution costs.
Financial literacy and knowledge delivery by educated employers using web-based tools. Zero incentives to miss-sell. Financial literacy process is neither time-bound nor “transaction” related.
Digital application forms for an integrated social security solution impose near zero overhead on employers. Digital applications also mitigate the risk of data entry errors. Employers undertake data entry and KYC verification for their home help.
Digital platform for P2P enrolmentsDigital platform for P2P enrolments
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Lowering costs with ITLowering costs with IT
Low non-linear costs through web-based outreach, product bundling, negotiated contracts with product partners, client aggregation and risk pooling. Employers bear courier and front-end enrolment processing cost (<$5/ home help - one-time). Periodic and on-demand account statements emailed directly to employers.
Unique, portable, client-centric individual accounts issued and administered by a central social security IT gateway. This platform integrates and manages the full ecosystem (products, payments, helpline, services), produces persistency MIS and stores individual client-level static, transactional and financial data over time across all products.
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Things are beginning to work....Things are beginning to work....
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But some important challenges remain....But some important challenges remain....
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Thank YouThank You
pinBox is a global social enterprise committed to
digital pension inclusion in developing countries
http://www.pinboxsolutions.com
Gautam Bhardwaj | [email protected] | +91 98100 31784