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24 Jan, 2024
WEBINAR
Launch of the Digital Transformation and Embedded Finance Community of Practice

Launch of the Digital Transformation and Embedded Finance Community of Practice

Digital Transformation
As many MSMEs are changing their business models, leading to growing digital adoption, conventional banks, FIs and NBFIs need to embrace digital transformation, the use of ecosystems and embedded finance, as part of their core strategies to keep up with digital banks, neobanks and other fintechs providing a faster and seamless digital experience to clients. Learn with a group of SME finance experts how FIs and MSMEs can digitally transform rapidly through generative AI, analytics, blockchain, customer experience and digital processing. Share your digital transformation journey and the...
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21 Feb, 2024
Johannesburg
Immersion Program - First National Bank, FNB

Immersion Program - First National Bank, FNB

Financial Education
Alternative Financing
Supply & Value Chain Finance
Data Analytics
Join our two-day Immersion program to discover how First National Bank (FNB) , a market leader in South Africa and the continent, is revolutionizing the banking industry. Gain valuable insights into FNB's innovative solutions for SMEs as we delve...
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14 Feb, 2024
Women’s Entrepreneurship Finance CoP 1st 2024

Women’s Entrepreneurship Finance CoP 1st 2024

Financial Inclusion
Gender Finance
Background The objective of the new 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...
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08 Feb, 2024
Webinar
Curso Finanzas Sostenibles para las MIPYMEs: De la Teoría a la Práctica y la Rentabilidad

Curso Finanzas Sostenibles para las MIPYMEs: De la Teoría a la Práctica y la Rentabilidad

Financial Education
Sustainable Finance
Las necesidades de financiamiento de las MIPYMEs generalmente son de montos pequeños y se destinan a gastos operativos, a diferencia de los proyectos de gastos de capital de empresas más grandes. Por lo tanto, los gastos elegibles verdes y sociales...
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06 Feb, 2024
Webinar
Sustainable MSME finance into practice and profit

Training - Sustainable MSME finance into practice and profit

Financial Education
Sustainable Finance
MSMEs financing needs are usually of small amounts and for operational expenditures, different than the large capital expenditure projects of bigger companies. Green and social eligible expenditures are, thus, unique in the context of banks’...
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31 Jan, 2024
AgriFinance Community of Practice 1st 2024

AgriFinance Community of Practice 1st 2024

Financial Inclusion
Rural & Agriculture Finance
Supply & Value Chain Finance
Digital Financial Services
The SME Finance Forum has created a Community of Practice on Agrifinance , a group of AgriFinance experts and practitioners from member institutions, to discuss experiences and document good practices and innovations in the field. One main objective...
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24 Jan, 2024
WEBINAR
Launch of the Digital Transformation and Embedded Finance Community of Practice

Launch of the Digital Transformation and Embedded Finance Community of Practice

Digital Transformation
As many MSMEs are changing their business models, leading to growing digital adoption, conventional banks, FIs and NBFIs need to embrace digital transformation, the use of ecosystems and embedded finance, as part of their core strategies to keep up...
More
29 Nov, 2023
WEBINAR
SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - November Session

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - November Session

Fintech
The Virtual SME Finance Marketplace , an initiative of SME Finance Forum, and a product of IFC, is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance...
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01 Nov, 2023
WEBINAR
SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - November Session

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - November Session

Fintech
The Virtual SME Finance Marketplace , an initiative of SME Finance Forum, and a product of IFC, is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance...
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25 Oct, 2023
Leader Dialogue Series, Interview with PVSLN, Murty, Chairman and Managing Director, North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFi)

Leader Dialogue Series, Interview with PVSLN, Murty, Chairman and Managing Director, North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFi)

Financial Inclusion
Non Financial Services
Learn from  PVSLN, Murty, Chairman and Managing Director, North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFi) , about their mission to champion the entrepreneurial spirit of the North Eastern Region of India, financing commercially viable...
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25 Oct, 2023
Leader Dialogue Series - Interview with Sandy Kemper, Founder and Chairman, C2FO

Leader Dialogue Series - Interview with Sandy Kemper, Founder and Chairman, C2FO

Digital Financial Services
Fintech
Learn from Sandy Kemper, Founder and Chairman of C2FO , about their on-demand working capital platform as he is answering questions from Hans Koning , Global Chief Industry Specialist, Digital Finance at IFC. 'The IFC has the goal of getting to a...
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25 Oct, 2023
Webinar
WEBINAR Sustainability in Supply Chain Finance: Need, Challenges and Opportunities

WEBINAR Sustainability in Supply Chain Finance: Need, Challenges and Opportunities

Supply & Value Chain Finance
Sustainable Finance
Supply chain finance (SCF) is important for SMEs for several reasons, such as improving cash flow, expanding access to capital, and strengthening supplier relationships. Key stakeholders, including large companies, financial institutions, and...
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04 Oct, 2023
SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - October Session

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - October Session

Digital Transformation
Fintech
The Virtual SME Finance Marketplace , an initiative of SME Finance Forum, and a product of IFC, is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance...
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12 Sep, 2023
Webinar
2023 SME Finance Forum in-person Members’ Meeting

2023 SME Finance Forum in-person Members’ Meeting

MEETING MINUTES and VIDEO RECORDING are available below. Please sign in the Member Portal to get access. -------------------------- The second 2023 Members Meeting of the SME Finance Forum will take place in person in Mumbai, during the Global SME...
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20 Jul, 2023
Webinar
Fireside Chat with Gina Taylor Cotter, EVP & GM - Global Commercial Services at American Express

Fireside Chat with Gina Taylor Cotter, EVP & GM - Global Commercial Services at American Express

Supply & Value Chain Finance
Digital Financial Services
Digital Transformation
Matthew Gamser, CEO of the SME Finance Forum, will host Gina Taylor Cotter, EVP & GM - Global Commercial Services from our member American Express, for a fireside chat to discuss how AmEx is using the latest technology to serve its SME clients...
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19 Jul, 2023
SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - July Session

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - July Session

Digital Transformation
Fintech
The Virtual SME Finance Marketplace , an initiative of SME Finance Forum, and a product of IFC, is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance...
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28 Jun, 2023
Webinar
Partnering SMEs in responding to Climate Change

Partnering SMEs in responding to Climate Change

Sustainable Finance
Climate change is leading to profound changes in the way businesses operate. For small and medium enterprises (SMEs), these changes will accelerate as stakeholders, regulators and competitors respond to the global challenges of climate change...
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21 Jun, 2023
SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - June Session

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - June Session

Digital Transformation
Fintech
The Virtual SME Finance Marketplace , an initiative of SME Finance Forum, and a product of IFC, is an online match-making platform that promotes partnership and collaboration between financial institutions, fintech companies and development finance...
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05 Jun, 2023
Webinar
Climate Disclosure Training: TCFD for the Financial Sector

Climate Disclosure Training: TCFD for the Financial Sector

In order to provide financial institutions, issuers and preparers of financial filings with high-quality training on climate disclosure and provide an overview of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, the...
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31 May, 2023
Webinar
WEBINAR Digitalizing SME Lending: Increasing Financial Inclusion Using Alternative Data and Innovative Lending Models

WEBINAR Digitalizing SME Lending: Increasing Financial Inclusion Using Alternative Data and Innovative Lending Models

Financial Education
Supply & Value Chain Finance
Digital Financial Services
Digital Transformation
According to The Voice of the SME , 66% of SMEs want to receive faster access to credit when needed—often within a week or less. In recent years, lenders have responded to this demand, with many now offering instant credit decisions and same-day...
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17 May, 2023
Webinar
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Webinar: Leveraging Data to Create Value Propositions for SME Clients

Policy & Regulation
Data Analytics
Understanding the needs of target customers and developing products and services to meet these needs is a key capability for leading financial institutions. This webinar will examine the value of leveraging data on both existing and potential SME...
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