CARE, a Global Organization Advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment, Joins the SME Finance Forum
CARE has joined the SME Finance Forum as the global membership network’s latest affiliate. The 250+ members and affiliates of the Forum are SME financing experts operating in 190 countries who share the common goal of expanding access to finance for small businesses worldwide through knowledge exchange and innovation.
“The SME Finance Forum proudly welcomes CARE as a new affiliate. CARE’s decades of experience advancing inclusive economic opportunities and strengthening partnerships across the development and finance ecosystem will bring valuable insights to our global network. We look forward to collaborating with CARE to share knowledge, build partnerships, and advance solutions that expand access to finance for underserved communities and women-led MSMEs,” said Qamar Saleem, Head of SME Finance Forum.
Through its collaboration with the SME Finance Forum, CARE will share lessons from its global work with savings groups, women entrepreneurs, and financial-sector partners to support more inclusive finance solutions.
“CARE is proud to join the SME Finance Forum. For decades our savings groups have brought millions of women into the financial system, and today, through our Rise platform, we connect those networks and other entrepreneurs to women-centered products in partnership with banks, investors, and fintechs facilitating their growth. We look forward to sharing what works, learning from this global community, and building the partnerships that turn financial access into lasting economic power for women,” said Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA.
About CARE
Founded in 1945, CARE is a leading global humanitarian and development organization working in over 100 countries to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice, with a particular focus on women and girls.
CARE's women’s economic justice work has helped build the world's largest network of savings groups, reaching more than 30 million members. Through its Rise platform, CARE serves as origination and de-risking infrastructure that connects savings group networks and other entrepreneurs to commercial and catalytic capital to enable their growth.
CARE's Women's Entrepreneurship work helps financial institutions design and deliver products that expand access to finance for women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises.
Learn more:
Website: https://www.care.org/about-us/who-we-are/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care/
SME Finance Forum: Innovation & Partnership for MSME Growth
The SME Finance Forum, backed by G20 and IFC/World Bank, is the leading global network of more than 250 members and affiliates operating in 190 countries. The network comprises SME-focused institutions providing and enabling finance and services, including banks, non-bank financial institutions, fintechs, payment platforms, development institutions, credit guarantee companies, insurers, investment funds, supply-chain players, banking and SME associations, policy advocates, regulators, academia, consulting firms, and knowledge aggregators.
Members, affiliates, and associated stakeholders benefit from learning and replicating best practices from around the world, innovating new products for growth, accessing risk mitigation tools, establishing partnerships, attracting investors, and gaining recognition among a global peer group of innovators.
Our activities include exclusive member offerings such as innovation hubs, solutions clinics, peer networks, study tours, specialized tools and training, member repositories, and partnered initiatives, as well as public resources including a library of more than 200 publications, over 500 videos, webinars, newsletters, training programs, annual awards, and flagship events.
Discover the SME Finance Forum members and affiliates:
https://www.smefinanceforum.org/members/member-list
https://smefinanceforum.org/about/partners