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WEBINAR
Add to Calendar 2024-04-23 20:00:00 2024-04-23 20:00:00 Fair and Accessible Credit for Small Business and the Impact of AI Our member Uplinq Financial Technologies invite you to the webinar on "Fair and Accessible Credit for Small Business, and the Impact of AI" The webinar will cover topics on how banks and credit unions can leverage AI technology and alternative data to expand lending opportunities for small businesses, highlighting challenges in lending to minority and protected class segments.  Learn what potential solutions can be leveraged that can change the landscape and enable access to fair lending for underserved segments within small business, while helping lenders profitably manage risk.    The webinar will feature the following distinguished speakers:    Ron Shevlin (Moderator) - Chief Research Officer, Cornerstone Advisors Jane Prokop - EVP and Global Head, Small and Medium Enterprises, Mastercard Qamar Saleem - CEO, SME Finance Forum / World Bank Group Patrick Reily - Co-founder, Uplinq Financial Technologies            About Uplinq                                                                                                                As the first global credit & scoring assessment platform for small business lenders,    Uplinq is a purpose driven company with a mission to help small business owners gain access to fair and ethical credit, while enhancing SMB lending practices for all lenders globally. Uplinq's breakthrough technology empowers lenders to approve and manage risks on loans they would have otherwise declined based on traditional loan underwriting criteria, while incorporating environmental, market & community data to better understand the specific loan applicant. Its technology has served as a foundation for more than $1.4 Trillion in underwritten loans. Learn more about Uplinq at uplinq.co and connect with them on LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube. WEBINAR SME FINANCE FORUM ronyg@panapps.co America/New_York public
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SME FINANCE FORUM
Paris
Add to Calendar 2024-04-25 20:00:00 2024-04-25 20:00:00 High Level Working Group on: Long Term Finance for SMEs in Europe In 2022, about 24.3 million SMEs were active in the EU-27 providing more than half of the economy value added and more than 65% of the employment (84.9 million people). Their common challenges are related to the idiosicracy of the EU framework setup (that includes common regulation, Banking Union, ECB, ESMA and same competition practice). Focusing on solving problems of SME long term funding within this established framework may inspire other non EU, European countries and the rest of the adjacent world.   The objective of the working group is to create a network of high level experts and practitioners who are committed to share knowledge and experiences to solve the problems that European  SMEs face in accessing long term finance.   Outcomes and lessons learned from this working group are expected to be relevant, useful and replicable to other regions. This network is intended to have a multi-year collaborative agenda with bi-annual meetings and concrete outcomes, to be jointly determined by members of the network. Meeting of the working group are governed by Chatham house rules. Every participant may express their personal opinion which does not necessarily represent the views of their institutions.   All participants shall represent all key stakeholders especially SME financiers and regulatory agencies. They shall have diverse relevant backgrounds and have knowledge related to the topics  of the discussions. Members of the network are expected to: identify innovative solutions to the problems, and jointly define a collaborative agenda for the next steps.   This meeting is by invitation only. If interested, please reach out to smefinanceforum@ifc.org   The initiative is jointly promoted by SME Finance Forum and Inbonis Rating.   -----------------   More about Inbonis   Inbonis Rating is the Credit Rating Agency for SME in Europe. It is registered and supervised by ESMA. Inbonis is a member of the SME Finance Forum. Paris SME FINANCE FORUM ronyg@panapps.co America/New_York public