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май 06, 2021
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2021-05-05 20:00:00
2021-05-05 20:00:00
Webinar: Helping Millions of Entrepreneurs Go Digital
This webinar will be available in English and Spanish. The session will be recorded, and the recording will be made publicly available after the webinar.
As the pandemic rapidly moves the economy online, millions of microentrepreneurs around the world must gain the digital tools and skills they need to adapt and rebuild their livelihoods. Going digital can help vulnerable small businesses find new customers, become visible to financial institutions, and access the benefits and security of the digital economy. Since 2018, Mastercard and Accion have been working with financial service providers across the globe to develop new digital products and operating models to serve more small businesses more effectively—and help them digitally transform themselves. These efforts are critical to helping low-income families and small businesses build financial resilience for the challenges of today and those to come.
Member Accion will hold a webinar on May 6th. Leaders of inclusive financial service providers will discuss their progress in digitally transforming their institutions and their small business clients and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. The panelists of this webinar are from Banco Pichincha, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, member Accion and member Sub-K IMPACT Solutions Ltd., which is a fintech company offering affordable, accessible, and scalable financial and payment services.
Helping millions of entrepreneurs go digital
Driving an inclusive recovery through digital transformation
Thursday, May 6, 2021
9:00am – 10:00am ET
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апр 27, 2021
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2021-04-26 20:00:00
2021-04-26 20:00:00
AgriFinance Community of Practice (CoP) - Leveraging Digital Technologies in AgriFinance
The SME Finance Forum is convening a group of agrifinance experts and practitioners from member and non-member institutions in order to discuss and document recent innovations in agrifinance. This will lead to creating a community of practice on agrifinance with an objective of promoting learning and sharing of good practice examples that help members improve their services to agri-SMEs. The deep-dive workshop sessionS will cover different aspects. Read about the first meeting of this CoP here.
Leveraging digital technologies in AgriFinance
There is a growing trend that digitalization is playing an important role in facilitating access to finance in agriculture. Digital technologies come to address some important shortcomings in agriculture, including lack of financial information and formal financial records, lack of data to assess agriculture risks, and lack of history of transactions, etc. This second meeting of the CoP in Agriculture Finance offers a unique opportunity to the CoP members to come together and share experiences on digital financial solutions to promote access to finance in agriculture. The next meeting of the Community of Practice will be held on Tuesday, April 27th at 8 a.m. EST, and the main theme will be the potential of digital technology to generate data on farmers and Agri SMEs.
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About the presenters
Laura Blair is the Chief Strategy Officer at Farmforce. Laura Blair has lead innovations in emerging market agriculture for over a decade, joining Farmforce in 2017 from a career designing and implementing climate change resilience and agricultural insurance solutions throughout Africa and Asia. At Farmforce she oversees relationships with multi-country clients and partner organizations to continue positioning Farmforce on the forefront of smallholder-focused agtech. Prior to Farmforce, she advised on new country and product expansion with value chain assessments to develop country and region-specific agricultural insurance strategies. This includes developing working relationships with governments, investors, clients, agribusinesses, and other stakeholders. She has managed local teams to develop crop and livestock insurance products directly based on end client needs related to agriculture, finance, insurance and mobile. Laura has a BSc, Magna Cum Laude, from Cornell University in Applied Economics – Agribusiness Management with studies in Plant Biology, graduating with a Distinction in Research. Her focus was in plant molecular biology research, with an emphasis on food security crops, with experiences in US universities and in Taiwan. Other research includes technology relationships between multinational agribusinesses and research organizations throughout Africa. She has an MBA in Strategy and Innovation from the University of Oxford, and is based in Northern Ireland.
Hans Dellien is the Agrifinance Specialist for EAP at IFC, his role is to coordinate advisory services for banks in the region, in the design and implementation of financial services to farmers and Agribusinesses in rural areas. Dellien has supported banks and Fintech companies in China, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Before joining IFC, Dellien was the Director of Microfinance Products and Services at Women’s World Banking, responsible to coordinate technical services to micro finance institutions in Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America. Dellien also supported commercial banks interested in expanding financial services into rural areas. In China he led a team that supported HSBC with the introduction of agricultural loans in 5 provinces in Central China. Prior joining WWB, Dellien worked 5 years for the International Project Consultants (IPC-Gmbh) a German consulting firm associated to PRO-CREDIT Holding. Dellien has a master degree in Agricultural Economics and Rural Finance from the Ohio State University.
Registration is open for members on Member's portal.
If interested in participating, please send an email to Tarun Sridhar.
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апр 27, 2021
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2021-04-26 20:00:00
2021-04-26 20:00:00
Lendit Fintech USA 2021
Lendit Fintech is organizing the next event USA 2021 on April 27-29, 2021, to explore the complexities of our rapidly changing world through insightful sessions focused on the most important trends in banking and lending.
On April 28, 3:10pm to 3:30pm ET, our CEO, Matthew Gamser, will be moderating the panel The Small Business Fintech Ecosystem, on the topic of growing a bank commercial lending business today, covering important questions like how COVID is changing the lending/risk management process, and why commercial lending is in general more in need of such innovations.
Panelists Invited:
• Peter Grant, OakNorth
• Daryl Moore, Old National Bank
• Moderator: Matthew Gamser, SME Finance Forum
You can register for the event here: https://www.lendit.com/usa/2021/register/
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Member Spotlight
апр 14, 2021
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2021-04-13 20:00:00
2021-04-13 20:00:00
En Foco con e-Factor: Supply Chain Finance por Medios Electrónicos
En el SME Finance Forum, creemos firmemente que todas y cada una de las instituciones miembro tienen una gran cantidad de experiencias únicas adquiridas en el servicio a sus clientes MIPYME. Ello nos ha inspirado a presentar una nueva iniciativa, el Member Spotlight o En Foco (en español), para brindar a nuestros miembros la oportunidad de compartir conocimientos y experiencias, así como productos y servicios específicos relevantes y útiles para la comunidad global de financiadores de pymes.
La cuarta edición de esta nueva iniciativa es con nuestro miembro e-Factor.
Supply Chain Finance por Medios Electrónicos
e Factor Network (EFN) es una empresa Fintech con la visión de apoyar a las empresas Mexicanas a tener acceso a financiamiento destinado a Capital de Trabajo mediante el producto de Factoraje Electrónico. A través de su plataforma conectan a grandes compradores, proveedores e instituciones financieras (bancarias y no bancarias) y ofrecen una solución de financiamiento que permite realizar descuentos electrónicos en tiempo real y de manera eficiente, para generar el mayor beneficio basado en la circulación de capital financiero que les permita a todos seguir creciendo de manera constante y eficaz.
En esta sesión, EFN compartirá detalles de su plataforma, galardonada con múltiples premios, que ejecuta los programas de financiamiento de la cadena de suministro más grandes del mundo.
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Sarah Chataing, Líder de Comunicación, SME Finance Forum
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Héctor de la Garza es Fundador y Director General de eFactor Network y eFactor Diez, empresas Fintech lideres en México, que ofrecen soluciones financieras a travez del producto de factoraje electrónico a proveedores, habiendo operado en su plataforma web SaaS más de $400 mil millones de pesos en los ultimos 10 años. Antes de fundar eFactor Network y eFactor Diez en el 2009, Hector de la Garza, combina más de 20 años de experiencia previa en posiciones clave en la cadena de suministro y desarrollo de negocios en varias instituciones financieras como Grupo Financiero Banorte, Bancomext, Nacional Financiera (NAFIN) y Banca Afirme. Héctor De La Garza tiene una licenciatura en economía y un MBA en finanzas por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, asi como un PHD en Eficiencia Bancaria por la Universidad de Oviedo, España.
Fernando Díaz Fernandez es Country Manager de eFactor Network Spain y responsable del desarrollo de la plataforma en Europa, dónde están operativos desde 2019 y operando desde 2020. En 2018 se une al equipo de eFactor para desarrollar el mercado europeo y demostrar la replicabilidad del modelo en España y el resto de países de la zona Euro. También lidera el desarrollo del cluster empresarial Iberioamericano facilitando la implantación de la solución eFactor en Perú, Ecuador, Panamá, etc. Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, especialidad Economía por la Universidad de Oviedo. Durante 20 años trabajó en Banca en entidades como BBVA o BMCE (Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur), como especialista en Banca de Empresa y Trade Finance.
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La grabación de esta sesión será publicada en nuestro Portal para Miembros.
Un resumen de la sesión sera publicada en la sección de blogs en nuestro sitio web.
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ADFIMI’s webinar: “Exploring the Role of Fintech in the Post-Covid World and How It Will Affect Finance Institutions”
ADFIMI, one of our industry partners, will hold a webinar on the topic of “Exploring the Role of Fintech in the Post-Covid World and How It Will Affect Finance Institutions” on 8th April 2021 at 10:30 Istanbul time (GMT+3).
Featured panelists:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mesut Karakaş – Associate Professor, Yıldız Technical University
Dr. Mesut Karakaş has accomplished Ph.D. studies in economics at Marmara University and obtained capital market activities advanced level license. Currently, Dr. Mesut Karakaş works as an associate professor in the department of economics at Yıldız Technical University. He is interested in financial markets, economic policy, and financial modeling.
Mr. Ökkeş Emin Balçiçek – CTO, Architecht Inc.
Mr. Balçiçek played an essential role in the Core Banking Transformation Program as an Enterprise Architect at Kuveyt Türk Participation Bank. He took the lead in establishing Kuveyt Turk’s Information Technologies R&D Center in Konya. He has been serving as CTO at Architecht Inc. with over 16+ years of IT experience, taking on entire digital organizations and leading them into the next phase of growth. As a digital technology executive, he has focused on modernizing financial technology, driving transformational change, and turning around underperforming organizations and technology strategies. He has been teaching “Fintech Management Class” for six years at Sakarya University.
Dr. Muin S. Öztop – Principal, Business Development, Data and Services at Mastercard
Dr. Öztop currently leads Mastercard’s Data & Services Business Development team covering twelve countries, including Turkey, CIS, and Israel. With 10+ years of experience in sales and delivery of consulting projects across the US, Europe, and Turkey, he led multiple digital transformation projects in the banking sectors. Before joining Mastercard, Muin worked as a project manager at The Boston Consulting Group’s New York and Istanbul offices. Dr. Öztop holds a Ph.D. Degree in Engineering from Columbia University and BSc. from Middle East Technical University in Turkey.
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2021-03-29 20:00:00
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Asia-Pacific Financial Forum Sustainable Finance Development Network Virtual Roundtable
Fostering Financial Sector Climate Leadership
As sources of financing for businesses, lenders and investors can have a very significant impact on efforts to promote alignment of business practices with specific goals. The role of socially responsible investing, impact investing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in finance has grown as more and more investors and bank shareholders prefer to see their money used to finance enterprises and activities that are reflective of their social values. As the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have gained traction in recent years, ESG finance has become an important focus of attention among lenders, investors, financial industry associations, multilateral institutions, governments and regulators.
During their dialogue in 2020, APEC Finance Ministers welcomed ABAC’s recommendations on ESG finance. These included a call for a globally consistent and principles-based ESG taxonomy or set of standards that is flexible in approach and open to different speeds of adoption, as well as dynamic and taking into account the impact of evolving technologies. ABAC also called for an inclusive process of developing global standards, frameworks, principles and best practices. Ministers welcomed the proposal to establish a platform, the Sustainable Finance Development Network (SFDN), which has since been established and is now developing a roadmap to promote coherence of approaches to ESG finance among economies and strengthen the region’s role in the development of global standards.
This year, as part of its report to APEC Leaders and Ministers, ABAC aims to develop a set of Climate Leadership Principles that can help guide businesses in addressing climate change and establish a clearer vision about how a low-carbon future in the region could be achieved. Considering the huge role that lenders and investors can play in this process, this Roundtable will seek to identify principles for fostering financial sector climate leadership that can be incorporated into the ABAC Climate Leadership Principles, as well as concrete actions that can be taken to facilitate an effective role for lenders and investors in promoting sustainable business practices.
The SME Finance Forum CEO, Matt Gamser, will participate in the panel discussion: Financial Sector Leadership to Take the Climate Change Agenda Forward, on March 30th, 2021, at 21hs EST.
Speakers Line-Up
Moderator: Mr. Pablo Casaux, Sherpa, APFF Sustainable Finance Development Network; and Market Structure Strategist, Bloomberg
Ms. Helena Fung, Head of Sustainable Investment, APAC, FTSE Russell; and Co-Chair, Sustainable Finance Working Group, Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA)
Dr. Matthew Gamser, CEO, SME Finance Forum; and Chief Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation
Mr. Jeremy McDaniels, Senior Advisor – Sustainable Finance, Institute of International Finance
Mr. Masaaki Nagamura, Sherpa, APFF Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Network; Fellow and General Manager International Initiatives, Corporate Planning Dept., Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.; and Member, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
Ms. Vanessa Wang, Senior Managing Director and Head of Institutional Group, US, Amundi
Read more> https://www.apec.org/ http://www2.abaconline.org/
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