Camila Quevedo-Vega

Senior Financial Sector Specialist

As a member of CGAP’s Fostering Responsible Enabling Ecosystems Pillar, Camila currently leads CGAP’s work on exploring the implications of policy responses to crises on inclusive finance and collaborates in CGAP’s efforts to leverage data for enhancing financial inclusion.

Over the past 14 years, Camila has developed a multi-sectoral vision of financial sector policy issues, through various positions in Colombia, including roles at the Colombian Bankers’ Association (Asobancaria), the country’s largest bank in assets (Bancolombia), and the financial sector’s supervisory authority (Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia, SFC). In her most recent position at the SFC, Camila had the opportunity to lead the division responsible for proposing strategic guidelines to the Superintendent while spearheading crucial regulatory proposals necessary to align with international standards for banking, insurance, and other financial industries set by SSBs (standard-setting bodies).

Camila holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Hertie School in Germany, and undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics from Universidad Nacional and Universidad de los Andes, respectively, both located in Colombia.

By Camila Quevedo-Vega

Research

Innovation for Inclusion: A Roadmap for Inclusive Finance Policy to Navigate Rapid Technological Change

This paper presents a policy roadmap that outlines six key priorities for financial sector authorities, including leveling the playing field for diverse players, making payments systems fit for purpose, expanding open finance frameworks to open data, establishing an approach for inclusive AI, creating a framework for responsible use of tokenization, and building adaptive and innovation-ready ecosystems.
Blog

The Dual Binding Constraints to Scaling AI in Finance

Despite rapid advances in AI capabilities, the underlying data foundations have not kept pace. AI adoption is fundamentally constrained by the strength, inclusiveness, and usability of underlying data – not as much by the sophistication of algorithms.
Research

Safeguarding Financial Inclusion During Crises: Lessons for Policymaking

This paper offers guidance to financial safety-net authorities on designing crisis response measures that both restore financial stability and safeguard financial inclusion.
Blog

The Power of Microdata From Global Findex

In this blog, CGAP goes beyond the aggregate data in Global Findex and uses its microdata to examine financial inclusion at the individual level. Here’s how we are doing it and why.
Blog

Finance Meets AI: Considerations for Public Authorities

How can public authorities support the financial sector to harness the power of AI while ensuring it operates within safe and ethical boundaries? Here, we propose three key considerations that could enable the responsible use of AI in finance.