Washington D.C., July 30th, 2020- We’re excited to share that Tam Faktoring is the newest member of the SME Finance Forum. The Forum brings together development financial institutions, banks, and fintechs from around the world to support SMEs through knowledge exchange, policy change, and impactful partnerships.
“When we started in 2012, we were in an exploratory phase for the first few years. Since 2016, we’ve been implementing our mission to build a global membership to support better SME financing, and since then, we’ve established a network with over 190 active members, who operate in over 190 countries sharing the common purpose of helping under-served enterprises. We are delighted to welcome Tam Faktoring to further grow our mission.” said Matthew Gamser, CEO of the SME Finance Forum.
Tam Faktoring A.Ş. is an innovative factoring company based in İstanbul. It was established in 2012 as an investment of Actera Group. Commercial enterprises can benefit from their factoring services for postpaid receivables without any balance sheet size and turnover criteria. This allows them to serve unbankable SMEs in Turkey by providing them short-term financing solutions for their working capital needs.
“Tam Faktoring aims to find quick and effective solutions to the urgent financing needs of SMEs by using its widespread network and alternative channels with the support of our expert team. We developed a scorecard for MSMEs in Turkey and we believe the Forum’s valuable network will give us the opportunity to meet and learn from members with prior experience in the field,” said Ahmet Hakan Karamanli, Chief Executive Officer of Tam Faktoring.
About SME Finance Forum
The SME Finance Forum was established by the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) in 2012 as a knowledge center for data, research, and best practice in promoting SME finance. As an implementing partner for the GPFI, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) was tasked with managing the initiative.
About Tam Faktoring
Tam Faktoring is an SME focused factoring company with over 20,000 active customers. Their vision is to find solutions on how businesses can be more intelligent, digital, and optimize risk evaluation and management. All factoring applications are evaluated via a scorecard supported with AI software developed by the team. In 2016, global CIO magazine awarded the company as one of the “Top 100 Companies to Use Technology Effectively”.
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