In February 2021, we launched our revised pulse survey, to be run quarterly, with more targeted questions to understand how our members, and by proxy...
The United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was held from Tuesday, 6 July, to Thursday, 15 July 2021, including a...
A webinar summary. Recent developments in technology have significantly changed the SME insurance industry. Insurtechs, insurance companies and other...
In February 2021, we launched our revised pulse survey, to be run quarterly, with more targeted questions to understand how our members, and by proxy...
The United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was held from Tuesday, 6 July, to Thursday, 15 July 2021, including a...
A webinar summary. Recent developments in technology have significantly changed the SME insurance industry. Insurtechs, insurance companies and other...
A virtual marketplace summary. On September 22, 2021, five leading fintechs presented their latest products and services at SME Finance Forum’s virtual marketplace – a match-making platform that facilitates partnership and collaboration between financial institutions, fintech companies, development financial institutions, as well as investors...
This blog is a summary of our webinar on digital financial services work for women . Women’s World Banking (WWB ) conducted research in 2019, on an emerging business model known as social commerce entrepreneurship with enterprises blending social media, e-commerce, payments and delivery platforms in India and Indonesia. One of the key findings of...
This blog is the summary of our Member Spotlight with Trefi. In this member spotlight session, we gave the floor to Trefi , which helps financial institutions turn MSME finance into a sustainable and highly profitable business line, by providing the infrastructure for business clearing, amongst others. They took us through their journey creating...
In February 2021, we launched our revised pulse survey, to be run quarterly, with more targeted questions to understand how our members, and by proxy how their SME clients, are faring. We had 71 respondents working in 143 countries, out of which 47 are lenders working in a little over 100 countries. Our second round of surveys this year, during...
Este blog es un resumen del evento En Foco con AB Bank Zambia . La digitalización se ha convertido en la principal tendencia de los servicios financieros para las PYMES desde que comenzó la pandemia de COVID-19. La tecnología apoya a las instituciones financieras a brindar servicios de forma más accesible a más personas en la base de la pirámide,...
This is a summary of the third session of the SME Finance Virtual Marketplace – Fintechs . With the purpose of adding value to its membership offering, the SME Finance Forum developed the “ SME Finance Virtual Marketplace ” to provide members with a match-making platform to foster partnership and collaboration among financial institutions,...
This blog is the summary of our Member Spotlight with AB Bank Zambia . Digitalization has become the main trend for SME financial services since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Technology supports financial institutions to provide services that can be accessible to more people at the bottom of the pyramid. Not only in rich countries where...
This is a summary of Virtual Roundtable Series #31-Transitioning from Relief to Recovery . Since COVID-19 pandemic caused economic damage to millions of SMEs, governments of different countries and financial institutions have implemented various adjustments to support SMEs during the crisis. However, many of those support programs have expired or...
This is a member spotlight summary. While entrepreneurs in the informal sector contribute an average of 60% to the GDP of West African countries, less than 15% of those entrepreneurs have access to banks as a source of financing. Significant progress has been achieved by fintech companies who are working with banks and e-money operators in the...
A summary of SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - Second Session - Fintechs A study published by Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, highlighted that “60% of all financial technology firms at the global level are launching new products, services, and features during COVID-19.” With the purpose of adding value to...
