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май 26, 2022
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2022-05-25 20:00:00
2022-05-25 20:00:00
RFIx 2022 and RFIx2022 Awards
Join the global receivables finance sector's premier event:
RFIx ’22 will be held in London at the offices of Clifford Chance on 26-27 May and will bring together in person, senior receivables finance executives from around the world, with live streaming also available.
BCR Publishing will be also holding its 4th Annual Receivables Finance International Awards on 26 May 2022, on the evening of the first day of the 22nd RFIx Convention.
Book your place for RFIx’22 and help define the future of working capital finance: https://bcrpub.com/events/rfix-receivables-finance-international-convention-2022
Use our Early Bird rate before 12 April to receive £200 off the full price
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Annual Conference
май 23, 2022
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2022-05-22 20:00:00
2022-05-22 20:00:00
6th International MENA Credit Guarantee Conference - Virtual Event
Credit Guarantees: A Path to Sustainable SME Recovery - Virtual Event
6th International MENA Regional Conference 2022 – 23 & 24 May 2022 - 1 PM (Qatar Time) GMT+3
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SMEs play a crucial role in improving any economic development cycle, particularly in developing countries. However, access to formal finance is one of the major challenges. To explain, the majority of SMEs in emerging and developing economies are either unbanked or underbanked, which results in a significant credit gap. This is particularly true for countries in the MENA region.
In emerging and developing economies, access to formal finance is already one of the major constraints faced by SMEs before the outbreak of COVID-19. In fact, the pandemic posed challenges of scope and scale that are unprecedented in modern times. According to World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects, “the global recovery is set to decelerate amid continued COVID-19 flare-ups, diminished policy supports, and lingering supply bottlenecks.”
However, credit guarantee schemes (CGS) can facilitate SMEs’ access to finance and help overcome deficiencies. Enabling sustainable recovery, CGSs play an important role in rebuilding and facilitating the growth of SMEs.
To this end, Qatar Development Bank “QDB”, in partnership with the SME Finance Forum, is hosting the 6th International MENA Credit Guarantee Conference under the theme “A Path to Sustainable SME Recovery.”
Taking place on 23 & 24 May 2022, the conference will convene leading credit guarantee experts and practitioners from the MENA region and beyond, alongside SME finance specialists and industry professionals. During the two-day event, we will discuss the performance and experiences of CGSs in addressing the financial needs of SMEs during and post-COVID-19 era with a sustainable recovery approach.
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2022-04-19 20:00:00
AgriFinance Community of Practice (CoP) - Climate Smart Agricultural Finance
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 document good practices and innovations in the field. One main objective of this CoP is to promote learning and sharing of good practice examples that help members improve their offering and better serve the Agri-SMEs.
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The AgriFinance CoP is organizing the next member-only meeting on April 20th, 2022 at 8 a.m. EDT. Recognizing the importance of climate risks in agriculture and the role of agriculture in total emissions, members of the CoP for Agricultural Finance expressed interest in focusing the April 2022 CoP meeting on the topic of financing climate smart agriculture. Climate change and climate risks are the main reason for the perceived high risks in agricultural finance. Climate smart agriculture provides ways to improve productivity while at the same time making agriculture more resilient to climatic risks and less poluting. This also reduces the riskiness of clients in the agricultural sector that invest in such technologies. Climate risk mitigation and adaptation are becoming key focus areas for financial institutions, particularly when it comes to lending to agriculture, a sector that is vulnerable to climatic risks. Climate smart agriculture, improve risk management but also provides new opportunities for financial institutions to expand their lending into a new area.
The CoP meeting in April will start by presenting the case for climate smart agriculture finance. Following this introduction, a panel of two to three members will discuss their experiences in promoting climate smart agricultural finance focusing on both challenges and achievements. After the panel, a moderated discussion amongst CoP members will follow.
Host
Matthew Gamser, CEO, SME Finance Forum
CoP Chair
Panos Varangis is currently the Principal Operations Officer at the Financial Institutions Group, IFC. Prior to that Panos led IFC’s work in advising financial institutions to provide financial services to SMEs, agribusinesses, and farmers. Before joining IFC, Panos served as the Deputy CEO of the Agricultural Bank of Greece (2004-2009). From 1987 to 2004, he worked at the World Bank in various positions at the International Commodities Division, the International Trade Division, the Bank’s Research Department, and finally at the Agricultural and Rural Development Department where he oversaw a global program on commodity risk management. Panos holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in New York.
Speaker
Juliana Lopes is an Associate Industry Specialist in the Financial Institutions Group at IFC, where she provides technical support on climate smart agriculture investments. Prior to joining IFC, Juliana worked in FAO where she combined her farming experience with environmental modeling for policy planning, national GHG reporting and climate finance. Juliana holds a MS in Dairy Science from the University of Wisconsin, and a MS in Development Economics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Manuel Enrique Davila Lazarus is the Executive Vicepresident Corporate Banking at Banco Atlántida, S.A., Tegucigalpa, Honduras since June 2015. Responsible for an asset portfolio of over $ 2.2 bn. Overall experience: • Corporate Head at Citibank- Tegucigalpa, Honduras. • Risk Vicepresident at Banco Cuscatlán de Honduras, S.A. -Tegucigalpa, Honduras. • Regional Manager at Lloyds TSB Bank Plc. - San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Moderator
Toshiaki Ono is a senior financial sector specialist at the World Bank where he supports various lending projects and analytical work to promote access to finance in the agriculture sector mainly in Africa and Asia & Pacific. Prior to joining the World Bank, Toshiaki held several positions at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) where he worked for agriculture finance and agribusiness development projects in South Asia and Africa. He also has practical experience in debt financing and investment banking through his earlier work at the Development Bank of Japan and Nomura. Mr. Ono holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York.
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апр 14, 2022
Webinar
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2022-04-13 20:00:00
2022-04-13 20:00:00
How to deal with War? Russia-Ukraine War impact on Humo, Tajikistan
Our member Gojo & Company will host a fireside chat to share how Humo, their Tajikistan partner, is coping with the current Russia-Ukraine Crisis situation.
The fireside chat will focus on the current situation in Tajikistan, how the war impacted the people in Tajikistan and Humo operations, sharing the measures taken by Humo to manage the crisis.
Speakers:
Taejun Shin (Founder & CEO, Gojo & Company)
Arnaud Ventura (Managing Partner, Gojo & Company)
Firdavs Mayunusov (Co-founder and General Director, MDO Humo)
Questions from the audience are welcomed anytime before and during the session.
Prior registration is required to attend. Please register from here.
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Marketplace
апр 06, 2022
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2022-04-05 20:00:00
2022-04-05 20:00:00
CANCELLED - SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - April Monthly Session
This session has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Please refer to our Event calendar for our next session in May here.
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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/ investors. The virtual Marketplace is powered by GlobalLinker, an AI powered ‘Digital Ecosystem’ offering SMEs a range of services to build digital presence including e-commerce.
How does the Marketplace operate?
To participate in the marketplace session, each member of the SME Finance Forum must have 1) an institutional profile (company profile) and personal profiles (individuals representing the companies) set up on the marketplace. Institutional profile shall also include products/services being offered by the members. With institutional profile and personal profile, representatives of member institutions will be able to explore different offerings by other members such as investment products, advisory services, technology solutions...etc. The virtual platform will enable members to reach out to one another to discuss potential collaboration and partnership at their own convenience.
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Core Features & Capabilities of the SME Finance Marketplace
To learn how to set up a company profile, a listing and an individual profile, please read the User Manual in this link.
Feel free to let us know should you have any questions or need any assistance to smefinanceforum@ifc.org.
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мар 29, 2022
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2022-03-28 20:00:00
2022-03-28 20:00:00
Back on track – Is SME debt holding back the recovery - Launch of the Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2022: An OECD Scoreboard
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs are the small but mighty powerhouses of local, national and global economies. The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic hit them where it hurt, with extended disruptions and shutdowns sending shock waves to millions of small businesses. Governments world-wide stepped in quickly with financing that served as a lifeline for these businesses.
Looking ahead, SMEs will need to drive a recovery that is sustainable, resilient and long-lasting. Yet many SMEs emerge from the crisis with considerable debt baggage. Will this negative legacy of the crisis hold back the recovery now underway? How can governments and financial institutions ensure small firms have continued access to the right financing instruments to invest and play their role in building back better? Following a presentation of the key findings of the new 2022 Scoreboard, participants will discuss how the latest trends in debt, equity and alternative financing are shaping prospects for recovery.
Speakers include:
Catherine Lewis La Torre, CEO, British Business Bank
Helmut Kraemer-Eis, Chief Economist, European Investment Fund
Gerhard Huemer, Economic Policy Director, SMEunited
Matthew Gamser, CEO, SME Finance Forum
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