Olivier Jérusalmy
Former Finance Watch Staff
Olivier was in charge of retail financial services and financial inclusion questions at Finance Watch until early October 2020.
After 8 years of work at Credal a Financial cooperative as credit adviser, he implemented a pilot project of the first personal micro-credit in Belgium. Then, he led The Observatoire du Crédit et de l’Endettement, specialised in consumer credit issues and over-indebtedness. From 2007 to 2018, he worked part time as researcher at Financité on Financial inclusion issues and as director of the European Financial Inclusion Network (EFIN). He joined Finance Watch in June 2018 to reinforce the Retail and Financial inclusion pole and organised the merge of EFIN network into Finance Watch.
Areas of expertise:
- Financial inclusion
- Retail finance
Participated in these publications
Retail & Inclusion
06/10/2020
Consultation response on the New European Consumer Agenda
Retail & Inclusion
07/07/2020
Report “Basic Financial Services”
Digital Finance
26/06/2020
Consultation response on a new digital finance strategy for Europe / FinTech action plan
Retail & Inclusion
11/03/2020
Feedback on the Roadmap for a Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Action Plan
Retail & Inclusion
02/03/2020
Financial Exclusion: Making the invisible visible
Retail & Inclusion
23/01/2020
Report – Is the human dignity of individual debtors at risk?
Retail & Inclusion
26/06/2019
What makes credit so risky? A consumer perspective
Retail & Inclusion
11/04/2019
Consultation response on the Evaluation of the Consumer Credit Directive
Retail & Inclusion
08/04/2019
Towards inclusive, safe and sustainable financial services for consumers
Retail & Inclusion
25/02/2019
Insurance and discrimination: Guaranteeing full and equal access to basic insurance
Retail & Inclusion
13/06/2018
Financial Inclusion – Bibliography
Retail & Inclusion
28/03/2018
Finance Watch Policy brief on Remittances
Retail & Inclusion
01/12/2016
Unfair Lending Practices and Toxic Loans
Retail & Inclusion
01/12/2016
Indicators to monitor over-indebtedness
Retail & Inclusion
01/12/2016
Early detection and constructive response about households financial difficulties
Retail & Inclusion
01/01/2014
SAVINGS – EU countries mapping – Summary report 2014
Retail & Inclusion
01/05/2013
Financial inclusion and new means of payment
Retail & Inclusion
13/06/2012
Consultation on bank account
Participated in these articles
Retail & Inclusion
07/07/2020
Which financial services are needed for financial inclusion?
Retail & Inclusion
03/06/2020
What EU regulators should do to limit over-indebtedness
Retail & Inclusion
18/05/2020
Health crisis: Credit is not the solution to the financial problems of precarious European households
Retail & Inclusion
08/04/2020
Coronavirus: a dangerous wave of personal over-indebtedness is on its way: here is how to avoid it
Retail & Inclusion
25/02/2019
The brave new world of customer profiling in the insurance sector
Retail & Inclusion
26/09/2012
Inclusive affordable personal credit – Movie
Areas of expertise:
- Financial inclusion
- Retail finance
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