12 May, 2026
WEBINAR

In today’s operating environment, managing SME credit risk has become a daily topic of discussion among CEOs, CROs, and CFOs across financial institutions. But what we are confronting is not simply a period of heightened volatility, it is a more fundamental shift in how risk emerges, propagates, and compounds across SME portfolios.

We are seeing multiple stress drivers—macroeconomic shocks, market dislocations, climate events, and geopolitical pressures—interacting in non‑linear, self‑reinforcing ways. These dynamics expose the structural limits of traditional, backward‑looking credit models...

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16 Jul, 2026
Join us for the Ameircas Regional Chapter quarterly meeting! During this meeting we will hear about a new capacity buidling program being launched by the IFC, get updates on this year's Global SME Finance Forum which will be held in Washington DC...
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ONLINE - WEBEX
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Traditional SME lending models continue to struggle to reach smaller and informal enterprises at scale, particularly in emerging markets where credit histories are thin, data is fragmented, and distribution costs remain high. As a result, millions of...