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10 May, 2023

AgriFinance Community of Practice

Rural & Agriculture Finance

Registration is open on the Member's portal The SME Finance Forum has created a Community of Practice on Agrifinance , a group of AgriFinance experts and practitioners from member and non-member institutions, to discuss experiences and document good practices and innovations in the field. One main objective of this CoP is to promote learning and sharing of good practice examples that help members improve their offerings and better serve the Agri-SMEs. Target audience: SME Finance Forum members, IFC clients, and their guests. By way of background, the SME Finance Forum convenes the AgriFinance...

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Study Visits

Immersion Programs

04 Oct, 2023

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - October Session

Digital Transformation

Fintech

The “SME Finance Virtual Marketplace” is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between members of the SME Finance Forum, especially financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance institutions...

19 Jul, 2023

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - July Session

Digital Transformation

Fintech

21 Jun, 2023

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - June Session

Digital Transformation

Fintech

10 May, 2023

AgriFinance Community of Practice

Rural & Agriculture Finance

03 May, 2023

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - May Session

Digital Transformation

Fintech

19 Apr, 2023

Webinar

WEBINAR: Data and AI driving diversity in SME Lending

Financial Inclusion

Non Financial Services

Alternative Financing

Gender Finance

Youth Entrepreneurship

This webinar is organized in partnership with our member Uplinq Considerable cultural, economic, and regulatory differences exist around the world that affect accessibility to capital and in particular the opportunity for women and those underserved...

12 Apr, 2023

Development Finance Institutions Community of Practice

Financial Education

Non Financial Services

Guarantees

Sustainable Finance

Policy & Regulation

The second meeting exclusively for the DFIs in our member community. Two members will be presenting on the subject of impact measurement in SME Finance, followed by a roundtable discussion among our DFI members on how to better coordinate...

05 Apr, 2023

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - April Session

Fintech

29 Mar, 2023

Women Entrepreneurs Finance Community of Practice - Gender Intelligent Design in Financial Services

Financial Inclusion

Gender Finance

Background The objective of the Women Entrepreneurs Financing Community of Practice ( CoP ) is to effectively share knowledge and best practices, tools, and innovative products to facilitate increased services to W-SMEs. To discuss and agree on how...

22 Mar, 2023

Singapore

Immersion Program 2023: DBS and Tyme, Singapore

Digital Financial Services

Digital Transformation

The Forum will host an immersion program to DBS and Tyme on March 22 & 23 in Singapore. DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, with over 280 branches across 18 markets, employing 23,000 staff. Headquartered and listed in Singapore,...

15 Mar, 2023

Webinar

Webinar: Bringing More MSMEs into Credit - Embedded Finance in Emerging Markets

Supply & Value Chain Finance

Embedded finance reached $20 billion in revenues in the United States alone in 2021, according to McKinsey. This market could double in size within the next three to five years. Embedded finance is the placing of a financial product in a...

01 Mar, 2023

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - 2023 March Session - LEADING DFIs

Fintech

15 Feb, 2023

The SME Green Finance Community of Practice

Alternative Financing

Gender Finance

Rural & Agriculture Finance

Supply & Value Chain Finance

Sustainable Finance

Trade Finance

In response to strong interests from members, the SME Finance Forum has launched the SME Green Finance Community of Practice (SMEGreenCoP) to allow experts and practitioners from member institutions to share knowledge and good practices in their...

08 Feb, 2023

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - 2023 February Monthly Session

Fintech

11 Jan, 2023

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - 2023 January Monthly Session

Fintech

14 Dec, 2022

ONLINE

AgriFinance Community of Practice (CoP) - Partnerships with AgTech platform: exploring win-win models.

Rural & Agriculture Finance

07 Dec, 2022

ONLINE

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - 2022 December Monthly Session

01 Dec, 2022

Webinar

Governing Council Meeting

Governance

The Governing Council of the Forum is the Forum’s highest governing body and comprises of 16 members. More information about each of the Council members can be found HERE . The Forum would like to congratulate all the members on their appointment to...

30 Nov, 2022

Online

Women’s Entrepreneurship Finance Community of Practice (CoP)

Non Financial Services

Registration is open on the Member's portal BUILDING RESILIENT W-MSME PORTFOLIO’s – Client Acquisition and Growth Strategies Background The objective of the Women Entrepreneurs Financing Community of Practice (CoP) is to effectively share knowledge...

23 Nov, 2022

Webinar

Webinar: Bank-Fintech Partnerships to Bridge the SME Finance Gap

Data Analytics

Bank-Fintech Partnerships to Bridge the SME Finance Gap The latest technological developments, such as AI, DLT, cloud, quantum computing, and IOT hold great potential to close the SME finance gap. These technologies could reduce information...

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