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MENA Future of Fintech 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has created one of the most complicated challenges faced by the financial sector globally. The impact of the pandemic on banking services has been severe due to demand reduction, income reduction, closure of public and private sector and the overall curb on economic activities.
The present situation has forced MENA businesses, consumers and financial intermediaries to shift focus on crafting a strategic response across the fintech and banking ecosystem. The pandemic has undeniably acted as a catalyst in enabling rapid adoption and use of FinTech platforms as contactless offerings become the new norm.
The virtual event "MENA the Future of Fintech", organized by Nispana, will explore the regional discourse on how the financial services industry should refocus on reopening and rebuilding the economy and how Fintech and digital technology enablers will influence the future of banking in the MENA region.
Our CEO, Matt Gamser, is a featured speaker focusing on digital finance for SMEs.
Read more at www.nispana.com/fof
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Virtual Roundtable Series on COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts #25 - The Evolving Role of Credit Guarantees – from Crisis to Recovery
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At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many SMEs encountered liquidity problems. To address SMEs’ liquidity concerns, numerous relief measures have been implemented by governments and credit guarantee institutions worldwide. Subsidized interest rates, moratoriums on loan repayments, deferments of tax payments, wage subsidies, and guarantees are a few of the measures put in place to help the SMEs. Given the prolonged health crisis and the highly uncertain economic outlook, credit guarantee programs are likely to play an even more critical role in supporting SMEs’ eventual recovery.
On Thursday, February 4th, 2021, at 8 a.m. EST, we will hear from executives at AECM, the European Association of Guarantee Institutions; Kafalah, a loan guarantee program in Saudi Arabia; the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT); and, Kredi Garanti Fonu (KGF), each of which will discuss the risks they see ahead and the adjustments their institutions have made as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This will be the second roundtable in this series dedicated to the role of credit guarantees. The first roundtable “Risk Sharing in the Biggest Crisis Ever” took place on April 23, 2020. A summary of that discussion is available here.
What you will learn about
• What adjustments are credit guarantee institutions making?
• What risks do they see ahead?
• Do credit guarantee institutions see any long-term implications resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic?
• How are they helping the financial sector distinguish between businesses that are temporary or permanently damaged by COVID-19?
• How did the relationship between the credit guarantee institutions and other parts of their governments changed?
Host & Moderator: Matthew Gamser, CEO, SME Finance Forum
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Katrin Sturm has joined AECM, the European Association of Guarantee Institutions which has 47 members from 30 countries in Europe, as Secretary General in November 2013. Katrin started working in Brussels in May 2001. Prior to AECM, Katrin worked for the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA), for the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV) as well as for the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Businesses (ZDH) being at the same time the EU Representative of the Association of German Guarantee Banks (VDB). She graduated from the University of Passau (Germany) in Law taking part in an ERASMUS exchange program with the University of Angers (France), then passed the second state exam in law in Potsdam (Germany), and finally acquired a Master of Law from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) taking part in an exchange program with the University of Cape Town (South Africa). Katrin, a German national, is a qualified bank clerk and Honorary Consultant of Taiwan SMEG, a credit guarantee institution specialized in supporting SMEs in Taiwan in getting access to finance. She is married and has three children.
Homam Hashem joined Kafalah as General Director of Kafalah-loan guarantee program in December 2017. Homam has over 25 years of experience in the financial sector & financial-consulting services. Homam joined Kafalah and worked on re-engineering the operations, developing new products and expanding the network of beneficiaries of the program. Mr. Hashem has a successful tracking record of managing a risky portfolio and converting opportunities to profit. Also, he supervised areas like consumer financing, SME’s lending, commercial financing, real-estate mortgagees, credit card, auto-leasing, and automation project. Homam has managed several strategic Artificial Intelligent and scoring projects that helped in automating the credit decision and published multiple articles on this subject. Mr. Hashem has worked as VISA International risk advisor representing the Middle East and North Africa region. He is holding a bachelor’s degree in management information system from (KFUPM) and a diplomat in financial engineering from (IPA) He is married and has an inspiring film maker Son.
Mahmut Sahin is the Deputy Division Manager, Corporate Communication and Product Management at Kredi Garanti Fonu (KGF). He has an undergraduate degree in the field of Business Administration at Hacettepe University. He has 9 years of banking sector experience at Halkbank HQ Departments. After serving in Foreign Operations Department at Halkbank he has been working as Deputy Division Manager at Kredi Garanti Fonu since 2016.
Min-ki Jeon is a manager of International Affairs Team in Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT). For over six years, he has been in charge of credit guarantee assessment for small and medium-sized enterprises and debt collection at the KODIT after he graduated from Sungkyunkwan University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. With frontline experiences and deep insights in credit guarantee supply, he is participating in sharing views about credit guarantee system with many credit institutions around the globe.
Extra Time with Speakers!
Want to learn more about an institution or speak directly with a panelist from the roundtable? Join our new Roundtable - Extra Time! This is 30-minute breakout session with one of the presenters from the roundtable. Microphones will be unmuted, and participants can speak more conversationally, and ask direct questions to the presenters. Each session will be chaired by a SME Finance Forum moderator.
About COVID-19 Roundtable Series
In times of crisis, accurate and timely information is key. Sharing knowledge and practical experience are proven forms of investment that pave the path to success. With the purpose of helping our members build their own knowledge advantage, the SME Finance Forum facilitates activities and learning opportunities with the strategic approach of collecting and disseminating the best practices, while connecting SME finance experts and practitioners within our global network. Starting in late March, the Forum hosts weekly virtual roundtable sessions focusing on mitigation efforts used to cope with COVID-19, sharing those experiences in a continuous and real-time basis. Learn more>
For members, please register on Member's Portal.
A summary of the session will be posted on the blogs section.
For more information, please contact: Khrystyna Kushnir
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BCR Supply Chain Finance Summit
BCR's 6th annual Supply Chain Finance Summit is an important opportunity to learn about the latest trends, ideas and developments transforming working capital and supply chain management.
This in-depth event tracks the transformation of supply chain finance, showcasing the latest innovations within the industry for both domestic and cross-border financing, examining the future of technology-enabled supply chain models and impacts of the Pandemic, and driving the conversation on increasing access of SCF for SMEs and emerging markets.
Being a virtual event, it provides a chance to network with an even wider circle of industry leaders on a global basis.
As event partners, the SME Finance Forum can offer their members a 10% discount on delegate tickets.
To register please follow this link https://bcrpub.com/events/supply-chain-finance-summit-2021
Alternatively, you can contact yongmei.he@bcrpub.com quoting your discount code for payment via invoice.
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Digital Transformation of Rural and Agricultural Finance - Boulder ONLINE RAFP Masterclass Series
The Boulder Institute of Microfinance, in association with CABFIN (The Capacity Building in Rural Finance Partnership), announces its first online Master Class Series “Digital Transformation of Rural and Agricultural Finance,” featuring sector leaders who will present over the course of 6 hours their experience and concrete cases on the following topics:
Digitalizing rural and agricultural finance;
Challenges with digitalizing field staff;
Fostering the use of a digital payments eco-system in rural areas; and
Digital platforms in agriculture and access to finance.
This Master Class Series has been designed for professionals from Agricultural value chain providers of finance, state agricultural banks, credit unions and microfinance institutions that serve rural SMEs and smallholder farmers, development programs offered by ministries of agriculture, Multilateral and bi-lateral organizations, donors, support organizations and NGOs with a mandate of working with this sector.
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The Silver Lining Action Plan - Intensive Workshop - Free for Small Business
Member Silver Lining is inviting small business owners for a free workshop to build the an action plan according to the new normal. Join Small Biz Silver Lining Founder, CEO, and small business growth expert Carissa Reiniger on January 19th from 1:30 -3:30 pm EST for a fun, practical, and interactive SLAP - The Silver Lining Action Plan - Intensive Workshop! It is a chance for small businesses to build their 2021 Action Plan in live time with a complimentary workbook, and a chance for them to create a robust 12-month business development strategy so that they can connect with their ideal client and hit their financial goals.
Over the course of two hours, Carissa will ask critical questions and walk small businesses through a proven methodology that will help them:
- Establish their 2021 priorities and create a time budget.
- Build a profile of their ideal client.
- Evaluate their finances, pricing, and revenue streams.
- Set their 1-year sales goals.
- And, last but not least, build an action plan using 9 proven connecting strategies to help them reach their ideal clients.
We highly recommend all small businesses to register!
Even if they can’t make it to the live workshop, we will be sending the on-demand version of the workshop on January 20th to all of those who registered. In this way, small businesses will be able to build their action plan on their own time!
[REGISTRATION LINK] - https://bit.ly/SLAPINTENSIVEWORKSHOP
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Member Spotlight #1 with GlobalLinker
Embedded Finance – Seeding a Digital Community of SMEs and bringing Banking to where the SMEs are
At the SME Finance Forum, we strongly believe that each and every member institution has a wealth of unique experiences in serving their MSME clients. Therefore, we introduce a new initiative, the Member Spotlight, to provide our member institutions a stage on which to share knowledge and experience, as well as specific products and services they consider relevant and useful for the global community of SME financiers.
The first edition of this new initiative is with member GlobalLinker.
GlobalLinker is an AI Powered Digital Ecosystem offering SMEs a range of services to build digital presence including e-commerce enablement; network & collaborate; have up-to-date knowledge; and access a range of offers & deals pre-negotiated for them. GlobalLinker is co-branded by leading banks and offered to SMEs by them as a value-added benefit contributing to the SME growth and thereby creating a single large community of SMEs across the world. Through the platform, the bank can increase SME reach; access data & gain Insights; embed & deliver relevant products & services to SMEs digitally. GlobalLinker has already co-branded its platform with leading institutions like HSBC, MasterCard, ICICI Bank, Union Bank of Philippines, Siam Commercial Bank and have over 350k SMEs from over 150 countries who have made more than 1.2 million business connections, opened >10k e-stores, listed >200k products and conducted over 100k transactions.
Embedded Finance – Seeding a Digital Community of SMEs and bringing Banking to where the SMEs are
A conversation with Amit Dave of ICICI Bank and Jaypee Soliman from UBP. Both ICICI Bank and Union Bank of Philippines have a co-branded program with GlobalLinker running over a couple of years with a sizeable SME community on the platform. GlobalLinker’s program with the Union Bank of Philippines contributed to the bank winning a number of accolades in 2020 including one of the most helpful banks in Asia during Covid-19. Similarly, ICICI Bank in India recently recognized GlobalLinker as core part of its growth strategy for business banking during its investor day in December 2020.
In this conversation with these two lead advocates of their respective programs with GlobalLinker, you will listen to some thought-provoking discussions on:
• Can banks play a bigger role in digitizing SMEs contributing to the growth of SMEs; seeding a fertile community of SMEs to offer its services?
• Is Beyond Banking a truly SME centric model? Is it often seen as CSR activity? How to make it commercially viable?
• Can banks embed financial products contextually as and when SMEs need it; What are the challenges, and does it limit the ability to build profitable relationships with SMEs?
• How banks can play a bigger role in bringing government and private sector partnerships to create an ecosystem for SMEs to grow?
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Satyam Agrawal is the President ASEAN & Global Head of Financial Services at GlobalLinker. GlobalLinker is an AI powered platform ‘Building a Global Community of Digitized SMEs’ with a growing community of over 300,000 SMEs from over 150 countries. Satyam’s role at GlobalLinker is to partner with leading Banks and Corporations to transform the way SMEs are served. He is also responsible for enabling financial services to be offered to SMEs on the Platform in a contextual and personalized way. In his prior role as Managing Director and Head of Retail Business Banking for Asia Pacific at HSBC, Satyam was responsible for delivering the growth ambitions of HSBC in this segment. Satyam set up four new markets including China, India, Malaysia and Indonesia hiring over 400 people. Satyam delivered key digital proposition including Digital Lending, Partnership with a leading E-Commerce Platform and the ‘Fusion’ Brand which won HSBC the EuroMoney award for the Best SME bank for 2019. Prior to HSBC, Satyam was the Global Head of Products for Retail Assets and Business Banking at Standard Chartered Bank overseeing 20 Countries.
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Jaypee Soliman is the Vice president and SME Segment Head for Customer Experience. Jaypee currently leads the group that drives Union Bank’s various innovations on technological banking products, solutions, and services for the MSME market. Jaypee started his career with Union Bank in 2008 and has held positions in Transaction Banking Cash Management, Customer Segment Management to leading SME Platforms before taking up his current role in Nov 2020. He graduated with a degree on Behavioral Sciences majoring in Organizational Development, and also completed Academic units for master’s degree in industrial psychology. Prior to Union Bank he has also been connected with International Financial institutions for 2 years and had a 3-year stint in Advertising. He has participated in a number of business and technology forums as a key resource speaker and subject matter expert evangelizing the importance of choosing the right, reputable partners in growing one’s business over the course of the past 6+ years.
Amit Dave is the Product Head for Current Accounts with ICICI Bank. Amit has 20 years of experience in Retail Banking. During this tenure Amit has handled multiple roles like Product Management, Branch Banking as well as Sales across various customer segments like Savings Account, NRI banking, Investment Services and Business Banking. Amit has completed his graduation in Chemical Engineering and subsequently completed his post-graduation in Management from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
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A summary of the session will be posted on the blogs section.
For more information, please contact: Carina Carrasco
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