Our events
Webinars
The SME Finance Forum organizes regular webinars open to non members. Those are designed to be interactive and we encourage attendees to ask questions and engage with the speakers.
We host a select program with industry experts from leading banks, innovative FinTech companies, development finance institutions, non-bank financial institutions, credit guarantee agencies, and regulators to talk about challenges and opportunities in SME banking.
2025
- February 5th: Open Webinar - SCALING MSME FINANCE IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
- January 29th: Member Only Innovation Hub - Digital and Embedded Finance Innovation Hub - Solutions Clinic
- January 22nd: Virtual Marketplace - SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - Focus on Non-Financial Services Platforms
2024
- December 16th: Open Webinar Leading Innovations in SME Finance: A Leadership Perspective
- December 5th: Open Webinar Increasing SME Access to Working Capital: e-invoicing and digital credit infrastructure
- November 25th: Open Webinar Beyond the SME / Bank Disconnect: Key findings from New IBM Study
- November 13th: Open Webinar: Spotlight on Innovation: SME Finance Leaders 2024
- April - May - June: Open Webinar: Global SME Finance Awards 2024 INFORMATION SESSIONS
- February 14th: Open Webinar: Unlocking Growth: The WE Finance Code Empowers Women-led SMEs
2023
- March 15th: Open Webinar: Bringing More MSMEs into Credit - Embedded Finance in Emerging Markets
- April 19th: Open Webinar: Data and AI driving diversity in SME Lending
- May 17th: Open Webinar: Leveraging Data to Create Value Propositions for SME Clients
- May 31st: Open Webinar: Digitalizing SME lending: using alternative data & new age lending models
- July 20th: Fireside Chat with Gina Taylor Cotter, EVP & GM - Global Commercial Services at American Express
- June 28th: Open Webinar: Partnering SMEs in responding to Climate Change
- October 25th: Open Webinar: Sustainability in Supply Chain Finance: Need, Challenges and Opportunities
2022
- January 26th: Open Webinar: COVID-19 and New Cyber Risk
- February 2nd: Open Webinar: Business Support Services for Women-Led MSME
- April 13th: Open Webinar: The Future of Finance for Women SMEs
- June 13th/14th: Open Virtual Workshop: Digitalizing Supply Chain Finance
- June 15th/16th Open Virtual Roundtable: Leveraging Private Sector Investment to Promote MSME
- June 22nd Open Webinar: SME Lending & Social Impact in India
- July 21st Open Workshop: Addressing Gender Data Gaps for SME Finance
- November 23th Open Webinar Bank-Fintech Partnerships to Bridge the SME Finance Gap
2021
- February 10th: Open Webinar - India Stack 2.0 - Revolutionizing Credit and Market Access for 60 million MSMEs
- March 31th: Member Only Webinar - Insurance for SME Resilience and Recovery
- April 8th: Open Webinar - Gender Lens Investing in Financial Intermediaries
- April 15th: Open Webinar - How Do We Prepare Women-led MSMEs for Success Post COVID-19?
- April 28th: Open Webinar - Unlocking Digitalization Opportunities for Banks and SMEs
- May 5th: Open Webinar - Making AI-based Finance Work for Women
- June 9th: Open Webinar - Directed Lending Practices across the DFI community
- June 16th: Open Webinar - Supply Chain Finance for Women-SMEs
- June 23th: Member Only Webinar - Innovations and Technology Disrupting SME Insurance
- July 7th: Open Webinar - Fundraising for SMEs and Startups: DeFi vs. CeFi
- September 1st: Open Webinar - Making Digital Financial Services Work for Women – A Focus on Digital Adoption
- September 30th: Member Only Webinar - Sneak Preview of the World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery
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