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Embracing automation to serve customers efficiently and rejuvenate SME Banking

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Jessica Alfaro
Gillette Conner
Apr 01, 2020

The SME Finance Forum hosted a two-session webinar series on Digital Banking Solutions. For the first in the series, we examined how financial institutions can connect to fintechs through platforms, realizing the potential of new solutions in SME Finance. In the second webinar in the series, we discussed how banks are embracing automation and other digital innovations such as mining big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, to...

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Torso of a man pointing out to one of three circles with check marks.

Embracing automation to serve customers efficiently and rejuvenate SME Banking

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Jessica Alfaro

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Gillette Conner

Apr 01, 2020
The SME Finance Forum hosted a two-session webinar series on Digital Banking Solutions. For the first in the series, we examined how financial institutions can connect to fintechs through platforms, realizing the potential of new solutions in SME Finance. In the second webinar in the series, we discussed how banks are embracing automation and...
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How members are getting SMEs online – and out of danger

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Matt Gamser

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Marcus Chenevix

Mar 23, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis is proving a huge challenge for small businesses worldwide. This is especially the case since many SMEs have historically been largely “off-line” businesses, relying on personal interaction and a conveniently located physical presence. As a result, “ social distancing ” measures now in force across much of the world...
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A bank employee wearing a mask arranges stacks of Chinese yuan notes at a bank in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China on Jan 30, 2020.PHOTO: REUTERS

Lifeline amid Public Health Emergency

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Mingfeng Lu

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Junxiao Liang

Mar 17, 2020
How China’s City Commercial Banks Finance SMEs during the Coronavirus Epidemic A key pillar in China’s commercial banking system (1), city commercial banks (CCBs) have been a major force in supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs). While CCBs accounted for only 13.1% of the entire banking system in terms of total assets, 18.7% of all SME...
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Working with fintechs to democratize digital banking for customers

Working with fintechs to democratize digital banking for customers

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Jessica Alfaro

Mar 09, 2020
A recap of “Digital Banking Solutions Series on Platforms - Part I" webinar The SME Finance Forum is hosting a two-session webinar series on Digital Banking Solutions. At the first webinar of the series, we examined how financial institutions connect to fintechs through platforms and can realize the potential of new solutions in SME Finance. First...
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Matt Gamser moderating the WBAF 2020 Fintech Summit

World Business Angel Forum 2020: bringing together key players to empower the world economy

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Matt Gamser

Mar 02, 2020
My participation at the WBAF 2020 world congress I always try to attend our member World Congress WBAF 2020 , because it presents a unique mix of angel investors (all successful entrepreneurs in their own right), senior government policymakers, and others focused on supporting dynamic SMEs. This year had numerous ministers, as well as a large...
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An effort to focus on the inventive uses of data

An effort to focus on the inventive uses of data

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Tarun Sridhar

Feb 25, 2020
IFC MSME Finance Data Competition 2019 Recap Early Afternoon on the 19th of November 2019, the basement auditorium at IFC Headquarters was set up in beautiful blue colors to match the incoming enthusiasm and intellect. More than 85 graduate students, from the following universities – American University , Catholic Universit y, George Washington...
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G20 support for data improvement

G20 support for data improvement

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Matt Gamser

Feb 24, 2020
My participation in the We-Fi MENA Regional Summit – Dubai 16-17 February 2020 The We-Fi Regional Summit was held in parallel with the Global Women’s Forum Dubai – the power of the women congregating for this event was evidenced by the presence, among others, of both President David Malpass of the World Bank and President Kristiana Georgieva of...
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Panel Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Investment - MEA Summit 2020 - Milken Institute

About Policies, Fintechs, Entrepreneurs, and Paris Hilton

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Matt Gamser

Feb 18, 2020
Blog on The 2020 Middle East and Africa Summit (MEA), by Matthew Gamser, CEO SME Finance Forum It was my great pleasure to reconnect with the Milken Institute after more than 10 years away from their very unique and stimulating gatherings. This time, I attended the 2020 Middle East and Africa Summit (MEA) held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the...
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Breaking Banks Europe - Ep 8

Podcast: SME Challengers - Breaking Banks Europe

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Jessica Alfaro

Feb 03, 2020
SME businesses are "under-banked" in Europe. Why do incumbent banks find it so hard to bank with SMEs? What are the risks? The under-banked status of European SMEs creates niches of opportunities in the market. What are they? What are the opportunities? Listen in this podcast three formidable hosts share their views from an SME challenger...
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A recap on Wells Fargo, Size Up, Veem and Kountable Study Visit

A recap on Wells Fargo, Size Up, Veem and Kountable Study Visit

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Hourn Thy

Jan 29, 2020
The SME Finance Forum’s immersion visit to Wells Fargo , a member of the Forum, was successfully organized and held on January 22-23, 2020 in San Francisco, California with the participation of 12 representatives from seven institutions and five countries, namely BRAC Bank, Equity Bank, PhilipBank, PPCBank, Accion, Acremac, and Experian. I was...
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