Banking and finance professionals attended the Global SME Finance Forum 2018's study tour on November 5 in Madrid. The tour featured 12 financial institutions and fintechs that have best in class, innovative ways of serving SMEs clients.

One of the participants said the tour was time well spent.

"They shared so many things that actually blew my mind and broke all the paradigms," said Robert Ochola, African Export-Import Bank. "These guys used innovation from two years to around seven months, from actual ideation to commericialization."

The tour included visits to BBVA’s Innovation Center, Ciudad BBVA, Bewarer Funds, Ciudad Grupo Santander, Experian, GIGAS, Inbonis, Intesa Sanpaolo, MyTripleA, Traity and Twinco Capital.