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06 Jul, 2022

Online

Handshake with sign SME Finance Marketplace July session with Members on July 6th, 2022

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - July Monthly Session

Supply & Value Chain Finance

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/ investors. The virtual Marketplace is powered by GlobalLinker , an AI powered ‘Digital Ecosystem’ offering SMEs a range of services to build digital presence including e-commerce. How does the Marketplace operate? To participate in the marketplace, each institution must have: An institutional profile (company profile and products/services offering...

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05 Oct, 2022

Online

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - October Monthly Session

19 Sep, 2022

Phnom Penh

Global SME Finance Forum 2022 - Registration Open to our Members!

Registration is open for members on the Member's portal Digitalization transforms businesses, reduces costs, automates processes, and brings down the reliance on manpower. In the financial industry sector, it helps reduce the high risk traditionally...

03 Aug, 2022

Online

Handshake with sign SME Finance Marketplace April session with Fintech on August 3rd, 2022

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - August Monthly Session

21 Jul, 2022

Webinar

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Open Workshop: Addressing Gender Data Gaps for SME Finance

Financial Inclusion

Supply & Value Chain Finance

Background This Workshop will highlight models to take GPFI recommendations on sex-disaggregated data into action. It will review the example of the UK’s Investing in Women Code, the experience of governments and financial intermediaries to collect...

06 Jul, 2022

Online

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - July Monthly Session

Supply & Value Chain Finance

29 Jun, 2022

Algorithmic bias in Women-MSMEs Credit Scoring: Insights & Solutions Community of Practice (CoP)

Financial Inclusion

Registration is open for members on the Member's portal Introduction The SME Finance Forum’s MSME Finance GAP estimates a $1.53 trillion finance gap for Women-MSMEs (W-MSMEs). Historically, women have been victims of conscious and unconscious bias...

22 Jun, 2022

Webinar

Open Webinar: SME Lending & Social Impact in India

Supply & Value Chain Finance

Session Description and objectives Small businesses in India employ over 100 million people or 40% of India’s workforce and account for 29% of India’s GDP and 49% of its exports. The SME Finance gap in India is $221 billion or 10% of its GDP...

14 Jun, 2022

Online

Virtual Roundtable: Leveraging Private Sector Investment to Promote MSME

Sustainable Finance

For more information and to request the password to watch the recording, please contact us at smefinanceforum@ifc.org Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ( MSMEs ) play a paramount part in the wider scope of businesses. New business ventures and...

12 Jun, 2022

Webinar

Virtual Workshop: Digitalizing Supply Chain Finance

Supply & Value Chain Finance

Virtual Workshop: Transition Digitalizing Supply chain finance The value of global supply-chain finance (SCF) market remains significantly untapped. According to a recent Mckinsey report, nearly 80 percent of eligible assets do not benefit from...

08 Jun, 2022

Online

Risk Management Community of Practice (CoP) - Alternative Data on New Customers

Data & Cybersecurity

Data is the new oil. Since the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digitization and increased the degree of information asymmetry between lenders and borrowers, reliable and timely data became oxygen for financial institutions. Data fuels models for...

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