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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...