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Study Visit to FCI: pioneering international factoring and knowledge for receivables finance

Study Visit to FCI: pioneering international factoring and knowledge for receivables finance

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Peter Mulroy
Nov 08, 2019

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Study Visit to FCI: pioneering international factoring and knowledge for receivables finance

Study Visit to FCI: pioneering international factoring and knowledge for receivables finance

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Peter Mulroy

Nov 08, 2019
During the annual flagship event Global SME Finance Forum 2019 held in October, the SME Finance Forum organized 10 study visits , including one to FCI , which is an umbrella organization for independent factoring companies around the world. Founded in 1968, FCI introduced factoring in countries where it was not yet available, and they also...
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BIIA Biennial Conference 2019

BIIA Biennial Conference: AI+Analytics+Data+ The Future of Managing Risk

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Matt Gamser

Nov 04, 2019
It was a great honor to attend the Business Information Industry Association ( BIIA) Biennial Conference from October 31 – November 1, in Bangkok, Thailand. The mantra of the meeting was the formula: “AI+Analytics+Data = the Future of Managing Risk” . The main themes included “AI: Reality or Hype”, “The Changing Dynamics of Risk Management...
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Experian Study Visit

Study Visit to Experian and the Power of Data in Decision Making for SMEs

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Susan Holliday

Nov 04, 2019
During the annual flagship event Global SME Finance Forum 2019 held last October, the SME Finance Forum organized 10 study visits . The Forum's study visits are an integral part of the peer learning opportunities to know more about the latest fintech innovations and good practice in SME banking and non-financial services from local institutions...
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Global Digital Finance Development and Governance

Global Digital Finance Development and Governance

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Matt Gamser

Oct 29, 2019
About the Workshop on Global Digital Finance Development and Governance & Launch Ceremony of the Global Center for Digital Finance It was a great honor to be invited by the People's Bank of China and the National Internet Finance Association to join them and co-sponsor the World Bank Group at this most interesting one day workshop in Hangzhou...
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Tapping into the potential of the dynamic VSE sector

Tapping into the potential of the dynamic VSE sector

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Kat Pardoe

Oct 28, 2019
A recap of “Serving Informal and Very Small Enterprises,” SME Finance Forum Webinar . Policymakers and bankers from around the world exhort their support for SMEs as the backbone of the economy. Less attention, however, is given to informal and very small enterprises (VSEs) as a pipeline for economic growth, jobs, and financial inclusion. The VSE...
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Study Visit to Rabobank: Leading the agricultural and agribusiness lending Dutch MSME market

Study Visit to Rabobank: Leading the agricultural and agribusiness lending Dutch MSME market

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Tarun Sridhar

Oct 24, 2019
During the annual flagship event Global SME Finance Forum 2019 held last October, the SME Finance Forum organized 10 study visits . The Forum's study visits are an integral part of the peer learning opportunities. During these visits, organized in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities, visitors had the opportunity to learn about the latest fintech...
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Study Visit to Deloitte: The Garage

Study Visit to Deloitte Digital: The future of micro and small enterprise banking

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Marie-Sarah Chataing

Oct 23, 2019
During our annual flagship event, the Global SME Finance Forum 2019 held last October, the SME Finance Forum organized ten study visits. The Forum's study visits are an integral part of the peer learning opportunities. During these visits, organized in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities, visitors had the opportunity to learn about the latest fintech...
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Honorable Mention UNCDF

The Path to Impact Investment in the "Last Mile”

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Mohammad Abbadi

Oct 22, 2019
Whether you call it the triple bottom line, responsible investment or impact investment, they all express the same core desire—to invest in a project, or pipeline of projects, that can deliver financial returns to the investor and impact returns to a constituency, community or beyond. And while the investment desire to do well and to do good is...
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Study Visit to Dynamic Credit

Study Visit to Dynamic Credit: Creating investment opportunities at the speed of a fintech disruptor

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Ghada Teima

Oct 21, 2019
During the Global SME Finance Forum 2019 , ten study visits were organized to different Dutch cities. One of them was to Dynamic Credit , an asset management and direct lending firm founded in 2003 in New York. While the opening of the Amsterdam office in 2009 started the international growth, the strategic partnership with Aegon in December 2017...
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Study Visit to Trefi and the next generation of SME ease of doing business and access to finance

Study Visit to Trefi and the next generation of SME ease of doing business and access to finance

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Rob Grimberg

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Carina Carrasco

Oct 16, 2019
During the annual flagship event Global SME Finance Forum 2019 held last October, the SME Finance Forum organized ten study visits. The Forum's study visits are an integral part of the peer learning opportunities. During these visits, organized in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities, visitors had the opportunity to learn about the latest fintech...
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