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Virtual Roundtable Series on COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts #20-Technology to bridge the Gender Finance Gap
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Women-owned SMEs are disproportionally impacted by the repercussions of the COVID-19 health crisis. The resulting economic downturn threatens to widen the gender gap in access to finance. Technology has become a key pillar in bridging this gap. Banks and FinTech companies successfully utilize technology to deliver both financial and non-financial services to women.
On Thursday, September 3, 2020, at 8 a.m. EDT, senior executives from member Access Bank, a leading full-service commercial bank; 4G Capital, an African fintech delivering microloans and enterprise training to MSMEs; and Garanti BBVA Bank, Turkey’s first private bank, will address the impacts of COVID-19 on services and women entrepreneurs, and the role of technology to help them overcome the challenges of the pandemic.
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>
What you will learn about
• Innovative products, services and projects designed for women-owned SMEs and consumers
• The role technology plays in addressing the unique needs and requirements of women-owned SMEs
• The impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of services to women-owned SMEs
Host & Moderator: Matthew Gamser, CEO, SME Finance Forum
About the Speakers
Ayodele Olojede is the Group Head, Emerging Businesses at Access Bank. She is responsible for the strategy formulation to deliver the bottom-line factor of the division. Ayo has over 18 years operational banking experience in Africa and North America at HSBC and Skye Bank (now Polaris) prior to joining Access Bank. She is very passionate about the sustainable growth of MSMEs and possesses strong knowledge and hands on experience of best practices in SME banking, value propositions and risk management approaches to expand financial access to SMEs and women led businesses. Her work has achieved recognition for “best in class” SME specific credit assessment methodology both locally and internationally to expand lending to “new to Borrowing” SMEs. She is a member of the bank’s Digital Council which has overall responsibility for the bank’s digital strategy, approved partnership with fintech companies and monitoring the implementation of digital initiatives. She is a university scholar, a Fellow Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management, Evanston. She speaks globally on SME Finance and Business services.
Selin Oz is the SME Banking Entrepreneurship Banking Manager at Garantibank. Selin received her undergraduate degree from Middle East Technical University and her MBS from the Manchester Business School in 2001. Since 2007, she has been the SME Banking Entrepreneurship Banking Manager at Garantibank. She has also been leading the development and implementation of the Women Entrepreneurship Program at Garantibank, Turkey’s first private bank that has developed a specific program for women entrepreneurs as a worldwide best practice. She has led banking, marketing, strategy, and fundraising management of Women Entrepreneurship Program with many IFIs, government organizations, NGOs and universities. She is also Co-Founder of GarantiPartners Accelerating Program. She has more than 20 years of professional experience, in retail banking and SME banking. She is the board member of SosyalBen Foundation. She received the Women in Business Award by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Wayne Hennessy-Barrett is Founder and CEO of 4G Capital, an award-winning African fintech delivering microloans and enterprise training to power MSME growth. Over 25 years’ experience in frontier market operations creating sustainable and scalable operations to deliver high shared value outcomes. He has advised and served several commercial and non-profit boards in the social impact, finance and technology sectors. Prior experience in strategic change management supporting private banks, fiduciary and professional service firms. First career as a British infantry officer seeing extensive active duty worldwide. Member of the SMART Campaign Steering Committee. A Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. Masters from King’s College London in Conflict Studies and International Relations and a BA from Exeter University in Politics. Holds a Diploma in International Compliance from the ICA, and Harvard Business School Strategic Leadership in Financial Inclusion executive course. Enjoys shooting, boxing, polo and movies to relax and current affairs to become un-relaxed again, and charity work to support veterans and those suffering from disabilities.
NEW: 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 or two 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.
After the end of the roundtable, members can join the lively conversation with:
Speaker Ayodele Olojede, Access Bank, and Wayne Hennessy-Barrett, 4G Capital, with SME Finance Forum moderator Matthew Gamser, staying in the main room.
Speaker Selin Oz, Garanti BBVA Bank, with SME Finance Forum moderator, Minerva Adei Kotei, register here>
A summary of the roundtable will be posted soon.
For more information: please contact: Khrystyna Kushnir.
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Call for Insights: SME Finance Outlook 2030
*** Deadline Extended: 14 August 2020***
To celebrate the new decade, this year’s Global SME Finance Forum will look much farther forward, to imagine where we might be in SME financing a decade from now. We will test the limits of our prescience by predicting how products, delivery channels, institutions, and enabling environments might look 10 years from now.
Following our practice of leveraging as much knowledge sharing as we can from our membership and our wider public audience, we will launch a public "Call for Insights" on what SME finance will look like in 2030. Best articles will be shared in a special report to be issued at the conference, and the authors will be considered for speaking roles at the event.
Submission Guidelines for Participants
What will SME financing look like in 2030? What will profoundly influence its ecosystem? Will unexpected players dominate the market? How different will SME financing be in 10 years from now?
With the start of this new decade, the SME Finance Forum seeks thought-provoking, creative and impactful insights to help shape the debate on the future of finance for SMEs. We are encouraging participants to share their unique visions in 500-1,000-word essays.
Authors of all submissions that are selected by our panel of judges will participate in the Global SME Finance Forum 2020 in its Virtual Edition, October 26-28, 2020 – where we will launch a new publication containing the insights. The most outstanding authors will be invited to address this meeting, and to share their perspectives with senior leaders from the World Bank and IFC (either during the event or at the Annual/Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group).
Possible questions to consider (although any and all visions are encouraged):
Who will be the main providers of SME financing in 2030? How will that compare to the dominant institutions of today?
Will FinTech companies and traditional financial institutions be permanent competitors or durable partners in providing solutions for SMEs?
How will AI, Machine Learning and robots change the role of people in SME financing?
How will the role of governments and policy evolve to deal with innovations to come?
What will the SME finance gap look like in 2030, and why?
Submission requirements:
Where: Submit your insights via the form available on the Global SME Finance Forum 2020 website: CLOSED
Deadline Extended: CLOSED.
Word count: 500-1,000 words.
Originality: Your insight must be original and not published elsewhere.
To learn more about our selection criteria, please review our Frequently Asked Questions.
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Global SME Finance Awards 2020
The Global SME Finance Awards recognize financial institutions and FinTech companies for their outstanding achievements in serving SME clients with exceptional products and services.
Institutions that have successfully launched an innovative product or service for SME clients, achieved remarkable results in providing finance to SMEs, and specifically women-owned SMEs, or is an innovator in digital financial services, are encouraged to submit an entry in these categories (each institution can be considered for up to two categories).
Endorsed by the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), the Global SME Finance Awards provide an opportunity for institutions to showcase and share their good practices and knowledge, and for the wider SME finance community to learn from their examples.
Submit an entry in the following categories:
Product Innovation of the Year
SME Bank of the Year
Responsible Digital Innovator of the Year
Best Bank for Women Entrepreneurs
DEADLINE CLOSED. Winners will be announced at the Global SME Finance Forum 2020.
Read more about the competition here.
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Virtual Roundtable Series on COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts #19 - New Lending into a Crisis
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COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges for SME lenders, such as increased credit information asymmetry, changing government regulations on repayment moratoriums, delays in ascertaining collateral and others. Some banks were able to overcome these challenges and even pick up new SME customers along the way.
On Thursday, August 13, 2020, at 8 a.m. EDT, senior executives from member Palestine Investment Bank, a pioneering financial banking institution in Palestine; member Phongsavanh Bank, the first private commercial bank in Lao PDR; Madison Finance Company, a deposit taking financial institution regulated by the Bank of Zambia; and Grab, providing services in Singapore and neighboring Asian nations, will share their experiences on how they are mitigating the impacts of COVID-19, including in the loan origination process, and how they managed to lend to new SME customers during these trying times.
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>
What you will learn
• How SME data is being assessed differently post-COVID-19?
• What are the most important factors relating to risk?
• What are the biggest gaps/uncertainties?
• What are governments doing that is most/least helpful?
NEW: 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 or two 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.
After the end of the roundtable, members can join the lively conversation with:
Speaker Phaiboun Phongsavanh, CEO, Phongsavanh Bank, and Titus N. Waithaka, Managing Director, Madison Finance Company, with SME Finance Forum moderator Matthew Gamser, staying in the main room.
Speaker John David (JD) Yap, Grab Financial Services, and Jessica Alfaro, SME Finance Forum, with SME Finance Forum moderator, Khrystyna Kushnir, register here>
Host & Moderator: Matthew Gamser, CEO, SME Finance Forum
About the Speakers
Samih Sabih is the General Manager at Palestine Investment Bank. Mr. Sabih was previously employed as a General Manager by Al Quds Bank and a Vice Chairman by The Arab Hotels Co. He received his graduate degree from The University of Jordan. He is an experienced professional in banking, management and finance expert with 28 years of experience in all aspects of banking, finance & management. Previous expertise was in the fields of top & strategic management, finance management, operation management & business development. He holds a Master Degree (MBA) in business /Accounting of University of Jordan – Amman Jordan and he is an Arab Certified Public Accountant from Arab Society of Certified Public Accountants (ASCA) – Amman – Jordan.
Phaiboun Phongsavanh is the CEO of Phongsavanh Bank. Phaiboun joined the Phongsavanh Bank Limited in January 2012. As the Deputy Managing Director, he leads a diverse team and is responsible for the Branch Supervision function, Legal and Law departments. In March 2019, he was promoted to act as the Chief Executive Officer of the bank. He served as Chairman of the ISO Committee in where he successfully led the journey from application to implementation and certification of ISO 9001:2008 and laid the strong foundation of excellence, quality and service in the Bank’s operations. He also held leadership role as Chairman of the Procurement Committee and a member of the Human Resource Committee since 2013. With an entrepreneurial flair, Phaiboun actively defend and seek to grow the business. He received a Master of Business and a Bachelor in Business and Commerce from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Among many recognitions, he received the First Class Labour Medal in 2016, CLMVT Bankers’ Leadership Program 2018, , Young Societal Leaders 2019 Singapore.
Titus Waithaka is the Managing Director at MFinance. Titus comes with a strong 14-year background in Microfinance. He has worked for many reputable organisations including, Faulu Kenya and K-Rep Bank in Kenya. His banking experience covers credit, Risk management in SME, Operations, Social Performance management and senior leadership experience of over 10 years. He was the General Manager Operations in M-Finance before he was made the Managing Director. Titus holds a Bachelor of Science, a Masters in Strategic Management and is currently pursuing his PhD in Strategic Management with two publications on micro- finance.
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John David (JD) Yap is the Head of Regional MSME Lending at Grab Financial Services. Based in Singapore, he works closely with country teams to develop and launch financial services solutions for underserved SMEs. He has close to 20 years of experience in the finance and tech industry. He started his career in the Philippines with an IT startup specializing in e-commerce and contactless payments before moving to Singapore to pursue his MBA under a full scholarship. After his MBA, JD started his career in the financial services sector focusing on credit risk management, financial planning and analytics for the consumer and SME segments. Before joining Grab, he was leading the regional SME analytics team at United Overseas Bank. He was also previously with Fullerton Financial Holdings and Standard Chartered Bank. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems from Ateneo de Manila University and a Masters in Business Administration from Nanyang Business School.
Jessica Alfaro is a financial sector specialist at the SME Finance Forum. She has over 10 years’ experience working with MSMEs and is an expert in lending, entrepreneurship and finance. Based in Madrid, she is currently a consultant with the World Bank Group and a Visiting Lecturer in the School of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. Previously, she has led and backstopped onsite technical needs assessments at banks in Africa and Asia, sourced and managed financial institution relationships for an international network of small business banks, and organized in-person and elearning training opportunities for bankers across a number of emerging markets as a Manager at CapitalPlus Exchange. She has been an Associate Director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Senior Loan Officer at ACCION Chicago and on the MSME lending team at Ithala Development Finance Corporation in Durban, South Africa. Committed to economic and financial inclusion, she has served on community Boards and committees, and volunteered with organizations that focus on improving access to finance for consumers and business owners.
A summary of the roundtable will be posted soon.
For more information: please contact: Khrystyna Kushnir.
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Virtual Roundtable Series on COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts #18 - Going Beyond Finance
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COVID-19 pandemic brought disruptions to operations of many SMEs. In these challenging times, financial institutions and FinTech companies are helping their SME customers navigate the market not only by providing core financial services, but also through non-financial services, by supporting SMEs’ business development.
On Thursday, August 6, 2020, at 8 a.m. EDT, senior executives from TBC Bank, the largest bank in Georgia; the African Management Institute Initiative, a social enterprise for managers and entrepreneurs across Africa; member Ecobank, a modern pan-African financial institution; and KIU Global, a fintech providing inclusive technology to enterprises in the ASEAN region; will discuss new non-financial services and initiatives launched to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and support their SME customers.
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>
What you will learn
What are the beyond finance services panelists’ institutions provide?
What adjustments they made during COVID-19?
What new initiatives have they launched since or in response to COVID-19?
What is the business case for going beyond finance? How do they monitor costs and benefits?
NEW: 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 or two 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.
Speaker Josephine Anan-Ankomah, Ecobank and Steve Landman, Kiu Global with SME Finance Forum moderator Matt Gamser, staying in the main room.
Speakers Natia Vacharadze, TCB Bank, and Rebecca Harrison, African Management Institute, with IFC moderator, Olena Prokopovych register here>
Host: Matthew Gamser, CEO, SME Finance Forum
Moderator
Joanna Romero is Global Non-Financial Services Specialist in SME Banking and Banking on Women based in Washington, DC. Over the last eight years, she advised banks across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa on a variety of topics in SME banking including non-financial services as well as strategy, segmentation, customer value proposition and sales effectiveness. Her most recent clients include key players in the banking sectors of Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Prior to her current role, Joanna was Regional SME Banking and Gender Finance Specialist based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Before joining IFC, Joanna worked in management consulting and private sector development focused on SMEs in Asia and Europe. She has a Master’s degree in International Trade and Investment Policy with a concentration on Finance from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
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Natia Vacharadze is the tribe lead of business segment management in TBC Bank – the largest bank in Georgia. In Agie structure her team is responsible for the development of products, processes and digital channels (internet and mobile bank) for busines customers as well as for MSME segment value proposition and sales. For last 11 years Natia is working for MSME segment in TBC bank. Prior to joining MSME team, she was a corporate banker in TBC and Procredit Bank Georgia. Natia holds an MBA degree and is a Master of Modern Art History.
Rebecca Harrison is the Co-Founder and CEO of the African Management Institute (AMI), a pan-African company that enables ambitious businesses to thrive through practical tools and training. Under Rebecca’s leadership, AMI has trained over 25,000 people in 15 countries, leveraging a tech-supported blended learning approach. AMI has secured several rounds of investment from African and international impact investors and worked with a range of prestigious clients such as the Mastercard Foundation, DfID, Uber, Shell Foundation, KLM and many others. AMI has been featured by international media including CNN Marketplace Africa, Financial Times and Euronews, and was the only African finalist in the 2014 Wharton global Reimagine prize for innovation in higher education. Previously, Rebecca worked as a foreign correspondent and manager for Reuters News Agency, where she led business coverage in Africa and reported on politics, markets and development from 13 countries in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rebecca completed her MBA (cum laude) in Entrepreneurship at South Africa’s Gordon Institute of Business Science, where she graduated first in her class and was awarded a Kellogg Foundation grant to conduct research into innovation in low-income markets. She also has a BA (Hons, 1st class) from the UK’s University of Manchester. Rebecca lives in Nairobi, Kenya with her husband and two young sons.
Josephine Anan-Ankomah is currently Ecobank’s Group Executive for Commercial Banking, which means from the Group Office in Lomé, Togo, she heads and runs the entire commercial banking operation of the Ecobank Group in 33 countries across Africa. Her work also focuses on creating relevant solutions to help build African SMEs and Local Corporates, and position them to become viable and sustainable. She is a well-rounded and highly experienced banker with almost three decades’ experience in treasury management, strategy implementation, investment banking and commercial banking. She has held various senior positions within Ecobank such as as Chief Operating Officer for Ecobank West African Monetary Zone/East & Southern African where she supported the expansion of the Ecobank Group into West, Eastern and Southern Africa. In her role as Regional Treasurer covering Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and The Gambia she managed a total balance sheet of over $2.7billion. Before taking up her current role, she was the Managing Director of Ecobank Gambia, where she worked with the team to position the bank as number one bank on the market. Josephine has a BA and an MBA from the University of Ghana and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She is passionate about seeing women excel. As Managing Director of Ecobank Gambia, she set up a scholarship scheme for young women going to high school and university. She also mentors several young women. Josephine is also a music hobbyist who has helped shape the Ghanaian gospel music scene and continues to inspire several young singers.
Steve Landman is the Founder and CEO of Kiu Global. Steve is a parallel entrepreneur and angel investor. Prior to Kiu, in his role as the Managing Partner of Lotus Impact, Steve is an enthusiastic pioneer in investing in South East Asia startup ecosystem with technological and financial insight from Silicon Valley. A digital transformation expert, he was one of the first members of Oracle. He has founded and sold over 17 profitable companies. Currently, Steve is the CEO of Kiu Global. Kiu developed a cloud-based business management platform (Kiu BMP), similar to ERP but without the complexity and high cost. Kiu BMP comes with a built in AI credit scoring engine to help SMEs and MSMEs (who are traditionally rejected by traditional financial institutions) gain easier access to loans and credit.
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Free Webinar: Shariah Governance of Islamic Banking and Finance
Free-webinar on Islamic Banking & Finance By AlHuda CIBE Topic: Shariah Governance of Islamic Banking and Finance by Prof. Dr. Akram Lal Din, Executive Director - ISRA, Malaysia.
Date & Time to Join: Jul 23, 2020, 14:00 Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent ( GMT+5)
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Meeting ID: 914 4623 4885
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