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02 Feb, 2022

Online

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Open Webinar: Beyond Funding, What Women Need to Advance Their Businesses?

“Examining critical Financial and Business Support Services” A recent evaluation (1) of a partnership between Women’s World Banking and Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has shown that a combination of financial and business support services for MSMEs provides opportunities for both women-led businesses and financial institutions. An IFC study (2) also concluded that providing nonfinancial services alongside finance could help financial institutions tap into the enormous potential of women-led enterprises. Financial services is one part of the equation, the other, business support services. This...

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23 Feb, 2022

Online

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Risk Management Community of Practice (CoP) - 2022 Meeting on Scorecard

Credit Risk & Scoring

The Risk Management Community of Practice (CoP) is a Member-Only event and it aims to bring together professionals and risk management experts from member institutions of the SME Finance Forum to share their learning, experiences, and good practices...

16 Feb, 2022

Online

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - Seventh Session - Fintech

Fintech

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...

02 Feb, 2022

Online

Open Webinar: Beyond Funding, What Women Need to Advance Their Businesses?

26 Jan, 2022

Webinar

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Open Webinar: COVID-19 and New Cyber Risk

Covid-19

Data & Cybersecurity

Risk management during COVID has proven challenging on many levels. Financial intuitions have contended with unprecedented uncertainty of outcomes in credit risk, market risk, and operational risk. COVID-19 accelerated digitization, promoting work...

19 Jan, 2022

Online

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AgriFinance Community of Practice (CoP) - Webinar on Assessing Climate Risk for Agriculture

¡Con interpretación en vivo en ESPAÑOL<>ENGLISH! The SME Finance Forum has created a Community of Practice on Agrifinance, a group of AgriFinance experts and practitioners from member and non-member institutions, to discuss experiences and...

12 Jan, 2022

Webinar

Handshake with sign SME Finance Marketplace 6th session with Investors on January 12th, 2021

SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - Sixth Session - Investors

Fintech

31 Dec, 2021

Immersion Programs

The SME Finance Forum's Immersion Programs are aimed at providing our members with 1-2 day exposure visits to high performing regional or global financial institutions or fintechs to gather in depth knowledge about an innovative aspect of their...

31 Dec, 2021

Communities of Practice

With strong interests and requests from members, the SME Finance Forum has launched communities of practices (CoPs) to allow experts and practitioners from member institutions to share knowledge and good practices in their respective areas with one...

31 Dec, 2021

Study Visits

The SME Finance Forum's study visits are an integral part of the peer learning opportunities to know more about the latest fintech innovations and good practice in SME banking and non-financial services from local institutions. During these visits,...

31 Dec, 2021

Online

Member Spotlights

The Member Spotlight is intended for individual member institutions to showcase their good practice examples that are relevant and useful to the global community of SME financiers. With a webinar-style format, sessions are designed and delivered by...

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