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KoreFusion Consulting, a boutique strategy consulting and investment bank focused on SME payments and financing in North America and Western Europe, joins the SME Finance Forum

KoreFusion Consulting, a boutique strategy consulting and investment bank focused on SME payments and financing in North America and Western Europe, joins the SME Finance Forum

Washington D.C, September 30th, 2024KoreFusion Consulting, a boutique strategy consulting and investment bank focused on SME payments and financing in North America and Western Europe has joined the SME Finance Forum as the global membership network’s latest member. The 300+ members/affiliates of the Forum are SME financing experts operating in 190 countries who share the common goal of expanding access to finance to small businesses worldwide through knowledge exchange and innovation. 

 

“SME Finance Forum proudly welcomes the leading SME payments and financing Non-Bank Financial Institution in North America and Western Europe to our network. It is with great pleasure I welcome KoreFusion Consulting to SME Finance Forum which is in line with our strategy of onboarding leading SME payments and financing Non-Bank Financial Institution in emerging markets for impact,” said Qamar Saleem, Head of SME Finance Forum. 

 

KoreFusion Consulting is a boutique strategy consulting and investment bank exclusively focused on payments and fintechs. Our clients are leading fintechs and international blue-chip payments companies. Over three fourths of the projects we complete are related to commercial and SME payments and financing. We are incorporated in the USA, Dubai, and Singapore and have team members in nine countries. We have completed nearly 500 projects and deals since 2013 across 77 countries. Historically we focused on developing countries and are recently growing in North America and Western Europe. 

 

“As we embark on this journey with the SME Finance Forum, we seek and highly value data and thinkers who can help us improve our SME related work and deliverables. Despite the importance of SMEs as employers, engines of economic growth and catalysts of financial inclusion, reliable platforms of information and networks of specialists in the SME space have been hard to find. This absence is magnified when needing to work across multiple geographies, topics, and stakeholders. The SME Finance Forum fills this void and has earned the distinction of being regarded as a compass of information and deep thinking. The community and resources harnessed by the SME Finance Forum are essential to our being effective strategists and purveyors of investment advice in commercial payments. We also appreciate the opportunity to share our data and thinking with similar minded peers. Being able to both learn and share fosters a virtuous cycle of innovation, thought leadership, and analysis that improves the financial solutions offered to SMEs, and in turn further empowers their effectiveness as engines of social and economic development,” said Mr. Jan Alejandro Smith Ramos, Co-Founder & Group CEO at KoreFusion Consulting. 

 

 
SME Finance Forum: Innovation & Partnership for MSMEs Growth   

The SME Finance Forum, backed by G20 and IFC/World Bank, is the leading global network of 300+ members/affiliates operating in 190 countries. Network comprises of SME focused institutions providing and enabling finance and services- banks, non-banks financial institutions, fintech, payment platforms, development institutions, credit guarantee companies, insurers, investment funds, supply chain linked players, banking and SME associations, policy advocates, regulators, academia, consulting houses, knowledge aggregators. 
 

Our member, affiliates, and associated stakeholders benefit from learning/replicating best practices from across the world, innovating new products for business growth, acquiring risk mitigation tools, establishing partnerships, attracting investors, and being recognized amongst a peer group of global innovators. Our products consist of “members only” solutions (like innovation hubs, solutions clinics, peer group networks, study tours, specialized tools and trainings, member portal repository, partnered initiatives) as well as public good services (200+ publications library, 500+ videos, webinars, newsletters, trainings, annual awards, annual event etc.) 
 

Discover the SME Finance Forum members/affiliates:  
https://www.smefinanceforum.org/members/member-list  

  

About KoreFusion Consulting 

KoreFusion Consulting is a boutique strategy consulting and investment bank exclusively focused on payments and fintechs. Our clients are leading fintechs and international blue-chip payments companies. Over three fourths of the projects we complete are related to commercial and SME payments and financing. We are incorporated in the USA, Dubai, and Singapore and have team members in nine countries. We have completed nearly 500 projects and deals since 2013 across 77 countries. Historically we focused on developing countries and are recently growing in North America and Western Europe. 

 

 

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