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27 May, 2025
Egypt
Workshop: Supply Chain Finance in Egypt

Workshop: Supply Chain Finance in Egypt

Supply & Value Chain Finance
In collaboration with the Central Bank of Egypt and the Banking Association, FMO, IFC, and the SME Finance Forum are hosting a half-day workshop designed to onboard banking stakeholders on Supply Chain Finance (SCF) programs. This event aims to deliver a comprehensive understanding of SCF, focusing on global standards, innovation, enabling environments, key models, and successful case studies. The workshop will highlight the significance of SCF in enhancing access to finance for MSMEs and bolstering economic resilience in Egypt. Detailed Agenda 9:45 – 10:00: Opening Remarks Speakers: IFC...
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27 May, 2025
Egypt
Workshop: Supply Chain Finance in Egypt

Workshop: Supply Chain Finance in Egypt

Supply & Value Chain Finance
In collaboration with the Central Bank of Egypt and the Banking Association, FMO, IFC, and the SME Finance Forum are hosting a half-day workshop designed to onboard banking stakeholders on Supply Chain Finance (SCF) programs. This event aims to...
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09 Apr, 2025
Online and Kampala, Uganda
Enhancing SMEs’ integration in regional value and supply chains for job creation and sustainable growth in African vulnerable countries

Enhancing SMEs’ integration in regional value and supply chains for job creation and sustainable growth in African vulnerable countries

Supply & Value Chain Finance
Sustainable Finance
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are central to Africa’s economic transformation, representing a significant share of employment, innovation and GDP. However, their integration into regional value and supply chains remains limited,...
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02 Apr, 2025
Virtual via Zoom
Launch of the OECD Financing SMEs and Scoreboard: 2025 Highlights

Launch of the OECD Financing SMEs and Scoreboard: 2025 Highlights

Credit Risk & Scoring
Unlocking SME Finance for Resilience and Competitiveness Launch of the OECD Financing SMEs and Scoreboard: 2025 Highlights REGISTER HERE SMEs and entrepreneurs are at an important crossroads. In recent years they have faced a series of challenges,...
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28 Mar, 2025
Webinar
GBAC Green Banking Webinar Series [In Spanish]

GBAC Green Banking Webinar Series [In Spanish]

Alternative Financing
Sobre el evento Las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PyMEs) son un pilar fundamental para el desarrollo económico en México y el mundo. A nivel global, representan más del 90% de las empresas y generan aproximadamente el 50% del empleo. En América...
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29 Jan, 2025
Madrid
11th Annual Supply Chain Finance Summit

11th Annual Supply Chain Finance Summit

Supply & Value Chain Finance
The supply chain finance industry is evolving rapidly, driven by factors such as trade policy uncertainties and the need for Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solutions in a changing trade landscape. Efforts are underway to support SMEs through SCF,...
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19 Nov, 2024
City of London, UK
BIAN BANKING SUMMIT 2024

BIAN BANKING SUMMIT 2024

Digital Transformation
19-20 November | City of London, UK TOGETHER WE DRIVE BANKING MODERNISATION Financial institutions worldwide are facing a pivotal point. The need to streamline, integrate and scale digital solutions and emerging technologies has shifted from being a...
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06 Nov, 2024
Singapore Fintech Festival 2024

Singapore Fintech Festival 2024

This global event is a premier opportunity for our members and partners in Asia and surrounding regions, and those coming from far away, to engage with industry leaders, exchange insights, and contribute to shaping the future of finance and...
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14 Sep, 2024
Sao Paulo
Montreal Group Annual Summit

Montreal Group Annual Summit

Guarantees
The Montreal Group will hold its Annual Summit from the 14th to the 18th of September, in São Paulo, Brazil in parallel with the 2024 SME Finance Forum Annual Conference . This event is organized in collaboration with the SME Finance Forum and is...
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23 Aug, 2024
via Zoom
Global Trends in SME Finance: Innovations for a Changing World

Global Trends in SME Finance: Innovations for a Changing World

Trade Finance
SESSION RECORDING Join Us for the 6th Episode of Business Unplugged! "Global Trends in SME Finance: Innovations for a Changing World" Discover how global innovations are transforming SME finance and shaping the future of business opportunities...
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06 Jun, 2024
Warsaw, Poland
AECM annual event

AECM annual event

Sustainable Finance
Digital Financial Services
Digital Transformation
AECM is the European association of Guarantee Institutions: supporting SMEs in access to finance in Europe. Dive into discussions on #Green and #Digital #Economy with top industry experts. Don't miss out on this opportunity to network and gain...
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22 May, 2024
London, United Kingdom
RFIx 24 Awards

RFIx 24 Awards

Supply & Value Chain Finance
22 May 2024 Hilton London Canary Wharf The receivables finance industry continues to demonstrate growing resilience to the global economic slowdown as it is keeping up with much higher interest rates, enhanced risk, the costly endeavours of...
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13 May, 2024
Accra, Ghana
3i Africa Summit - Unleashing Africa's FinTech and Digital Economic Potential

3i Africa Summit - Unleashing Africa's FinTech and Digital Economic Potential

The 3i Africa Summit will explore and promote active collaboration between diverse stakeholder groups in key areas, and continuously drive innovation momentum across the region. The Summit will feature plenary speeches/fireside chats/panels from...
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07 May, 2024
Webinar
CFTE - Dubai Fintech Summit Roundtable - Regulating Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Financial Services

CFTE - Dubai Fintech Summit Roundtable - Regulating Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Financial Services

Policy & Regulation
Digital Financial Services
As AI reshapes finance, the question of how to regulate these technologies becomes paramount. Will regulation hinder or help AI's integration into financial services? This discussion delves into finding the right balance between fostering innovation...
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24 Apr, 2024
Webinar
Fair and Accessible Credit for Small Business and the Impact of AI

Fair and Accessible Credit for Small Business and the Impact of AI

Credit Risk & Scoring
Our member Uplinq Financial Technologies invites you to the webinar on "Fair and Accessible Credit for Small Business, and the Impact of AI" The webinar will cover topics on how banks and credit unions can leverage AI technology and alternative data...
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16 Apr, 2024
London
Trade and Investment Forum 2024

Trade and Investment Forum 2024

Trade Finance
Discussing how Trade Finance is currently interacting with investors, whether the Electronic Trade Documents Act , passed last year, has succeeded in becoming a catalyst for trade finance turning into a desirable asset class, how modern technology...
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29 Feb, 2024
Riyadh
SME Lending: Paving the Way to KSA's Vision 2030

SME Lending: Paving the Way to KSA's Vision 2030

Policy & Regulation
Fintech
Discover how the “Financial Sector Development” program is reshaping lending accessibility, stability, and growth in banking. Explore the evolution of laws, cutting-edge FinTech, and the establishment of a Financial Academy. Be part of the...
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13 Feb, 2024
WEBINAR
OECD WEBINAR: Fintech for SMEs: Unlocking Funds and Managing Financial Operations in the Digital Age

OECD WEBINAR: Fintech for SMEs: Unlocking Funds and Managing Financial Operations in the Digital Age

Digital Transformation
Fintech
Join us as we delve into how digital tools and Fintech innovations can strengthen SMEs' financial inclusion. Digital solutions can facilitate management of online payments, ease credit assessment and help address SMEs’ under-collateralization by...
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14 Dec, 2023
Paris
OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability: Second Annual Conference

OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability: Second Annual Conference

The Second Annual Conference of the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability , will take place on 14 December, 2023 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris. The conference will centre on the theme “From standards to action – Fostering a...
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07 Dec, 2023
Lagos, Nigeria / Virtual
Wema Bank’s Gender-lens and Climate Resilient Innovative Financing Roundtable

Wema Bank’s Gender-lens and Climate Resilient Innovative Financing Roundtable

Gender Finance
Wema Bank , Nigeria’s foremost financial institution and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank – ALAT is calling on Partners, Fintechs, Technical Experts to work with them to create Innovative Financing on Gender Lens and Climate Resilience...
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28 Nov, 2023
London, UK
The Alternative and Receivables Finance Forum 2023 (ARF23)

The Alternative and Receivables Finance Forum 2023 (ARF23)

Supply & Value Chain Finance
The Alternative and Receivables Finance Forum 2023 (ARF23) returns to the London offices of Clifford Chance on 28-29 November for its 9th year. We are excited to partner with BCR Publishing and invite you to join this dynamic platform for...
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26 Nov, 2023
Bangladesh, Dacca
Conference on SME Finance in Bangladesh

Conference on SME Finance in Bangladesh

Alternative Financing
The International Finance Corporation in collaboration with Bangladesh Bank organized an event which brought together multiple stakeholders to discuss the importance of fostering a resilient and inclusive environment for SME financing in Bangladesh...
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24 Nov, 2023
Beijing, China
18th China Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurs Annual Conference and China SME Finance Forum

18th China Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurs Annual Conference and China SME Finance Forum

Digital Financial Services
SMEs are the capillaries of China's economy, the main force to protect market players and employment, the key link to enhance the stability and competitiveness of the industrial chains and the supply chains, and an important force to solve the...
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15 Nov, 2023
Singapore
Singapore Fintech Festival

Singapore Fintech Festival

Fintech
The SME Finance Forum had a significant presence at this year's Singapore Fintech Festival. The Singapore FinTech Festival 2023 focused on the growth and adoption of AI and Web3 and how this technology can be used in financial services. The...
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07 Nov, 2023
Dubai
2nd Annual MENA Supply Chain Finance

2nd Annual MENA Supply Chain Finance

Supply & Value Chain Finance
We are delighted to partner with BCR Publishing for its 2nd Annual MENA Supply Chain Finance (MENASCF23) conference held in cooperation with ICC UAE. MENASCF23 will open its doors on 7- 8 November for a two-day event, which will bring together...
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29 Oct, 2023
Marrakech | Morocco
FCI 55th Annual Meeting

FCI 55th Annual Meeting

Supply & Value Chain Finance
FCI will be heading to Marrakech, Morocco for the 55th Annual Meeting. This Meeting will provide the latest developments on a range of topics including Supply Chain Finance, Receivables Finance, Factoring and so much more. The Annual Meeting is a...
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22 Oct, 2023
Las Vegas
Money20/20 USA

Money20/20 USA

Digital Transformation
Payments
Money20/20 USA is the world’s biggest, most influential gathering of the global money ecosystem. With over 13,000+ attendees from 3,000+ companies, this is the only place where the entire money community including banks, payments, tech, startups,...
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24 Jul, 2023
Women's World Banking’s 2023 Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators

Applications are now being accepted for Women's World Banking’s 2023 Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators

Financial Education
Financial Inclusion
Women's World Banking’s 2023 Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators. Application deadline: 31 January 2023 This is the only program for financial regulators at the intersection of leadership development and women’s financial inclusion. This...
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20 Jun, 2023
Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda
Inclusive Fintech Forum

Inclusive Fintech Forum

Fintech
The inaugural Inclusive FinTech Forum will foster strategies for the inclusive and sustainable development of FinTech. Join policymakers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, and foundations over 3-days to align on the implementation, policies...
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08 Jun, 2023
Varignana, Italy
2023 ACCIS Conference: Powering data-driven financial decisions

2023 ACCIS Conference: Powering data-driven financial decisions

Data & Cybersecurity
Data Analytics
Our member ACCIS announced the date and theme of its 2023 annual conference! The 2023 Conference theme is Powering data-driven financial decisions . Companies must have best-of-class information-driven tools to target and acquire customers, while...
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23 May, 2023
London, UK
23rd Receivables Finance International Convention (RFIx)

23rd Receivables Finance International Convention (RFIx)

SME Finance Forum is delighted to join BCR Publishing as a media partner for the 23rd Receivables Finance International Convention (RFIx) on 23-24 May in London to hear industry experts discuss the challenges and opportunities in the current febrile...
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