Isaku Endo is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist in Finance and Markets Global Practice. He advises governments on policies and regulatory issues on the development of payment systems, remittances and financial infrastructures. He has led the World Bank’s advisory and technical assistance programs and participated in Financial Sector Assessment Programs on financial market infrastructures and remittances. Currently, based in Jakarta, he manages the World Bank’s technical assistance on financial inclusion in Indonesia and leads payment systems projects in several countries in the East Asia and the Pacific Region. He also delivers training courses and workshops on payment systems and remittances.
Prior to this, he worked in the Financial Market Integrity Unit where he led technical assistance programs and policy development and research projects on anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism, remittances issues and access to finance.