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2023-02-07 19:00:00
2023-02-07 19:00:00
SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - 2023 February Monthly Session
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.
February Marketplace Session
This monthly marketplace session, scheduled on Wednesday, February 8th from 8 am to 9 am EDT, will feature a series of insitutions who will present their products/services.
Following the presentations, participants can reach out directly to the presenters to make inquiries or explore partnership opportunities!
Companies Piching
Cayesh
Cayesh is a Fintech for Supply Chain stakeholders that facilitates availability, management, and mobilization of working capital through technology, know-how, and operations.
CIFOR-ICRAF
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) provide the evidence and innovative solutions needed to scale up investment in sustainable development and improve land management, livelihoods, sustainably and resiliently.
iFarmer
iFarmer bundles finance with agriculture inputs, advisory services, insurance and market access for the farmers.
Silver Lining
Silver Lining works with banks, lenders and economic development agencies to ensure that the SMEs they serve have access to the comprehensive support that they need to really succeed.
Presenters
Fahad Ifaz is the Co Founder of iFarmer, which aims to provide end-to-end solutions for smallholder farmers.Fahad has 10 years of experience in economic development with organizations like the World Bank,CARE International,Swisscontact and Palladium.He has worked extensively in South Asia managing and providing advisory services to multimillion-dollar projects to improve access to finance and markets of smallholder farmers.He holds an undergraduate degree in International Business and has a MSc in Economics.
Mahmoud Hassan is the Founder and full time Managing Partner of CAYESH - a Supply Chain Finance Solution Platform that aims to facilitate working capital to MSMEs and supply chain stakeholders. Also, Mahmoud is a non-executive Co-Founder of the first Venture Builder and Digital Platform in Egypt D-Fin.
Prior to that role, Mahmoud has been a banking, consulting and private equity operations professional with more than 25 years of experience in multinational and multilateral developmental financial institutions (IFC-WBG).Before the WBG, Mahmoud worked more than 12 years in consulting with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young (EY), capital markets and banking industries and private sector banks in the MENA region including; KSA, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Kuwait, and Jordan. Also, he made Angel Investment in Startups in Egypt and is participating on the Board of one of the investees. Mahmoud holds a Bachelor Degree from Ain Shams University. He is CFA Level II Candidate, and completed his CFE, CIA and PMP certifications over the course of his professional development career.
Carissa Reiniger is the Founder & CEO of Silver Lining. She created Silver Lining in 2005 and created the Silver Lining Action Plan (SLAPTM). SLAP is a science backed behavior change methodology which has been used by 14K+ Small Business Owners in 65+ countries to set and hit their growth goals. She has worked with major organizations such as Google, The White House, Hewlett-Packard, Intuit, Citi Cards, Staples, Citrix, and American Airlines to bring more resources and support to small businesses. Silver Lining’s work has been featured in places such as The New York Times, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes and BizJournal. She is on a mission to help more Small Business Owners make money doing what they love because she genuinely believes that we CAN change the economy one small business at a time. As part of her mission, Carissa also founded Silver Lining Finance, a revolutionary way for SMBs to access capital based on behavior, Impact5x, economic justice programs to help marginalized Small Business Owners, and Thank You Small Business, a global movement to recognize and support Small Business Owners.
Michael Brady is a Principal Scientist at CIFOR-ICRAF and leads the Sustainable Value Chains and Investment (VC) theme. Based at Bogor, Indonesia, Dr. Brady manages VC programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America in i) achieving sustainable value chains and commodity supply in forest landscapes, ii) developing business models that deliver improved social and environmental outcomes, and iii) promoting responsible finance that contributes to advancing sustainable land and resource uses. At CIFOR-ICRAF, he manages the Green Finance for Sustainable Landscapes project, which includes the Land Finance Hub. Prior to joining CIFOR he was a Senior Forestry Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. There, he managed forestry and wood product advisory and investment projects throughout Asia and Africa. He has a BSc in biology, a MSc in forest management and a PhD in tropical forestry.
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How does the Marketplace operate?
To participate in the marketplace, each institution must have:
An institutional profile (company profile and products/services offering)
A personal profile (individuals representing the companies)
Individuals on the Marketplace can explore products and services available (investment products, advisory services, technology solutions...etc. ) and reach out to one another to discuss potential collaboration and partnership.
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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янв 24, 2023
Madrid
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2023-01-23 19:00:00
2023-01-23 19:00:00
9th Annual Supply Chain Finance Summit
Growth in supply chain finance has been ongoing for over a decade with the pace accelerating in the past two years and showing no sign of slowing. With ESG, digitalisation and blockchain, the industry is now ushering a new stage of development. These developments are poised to aid reduction of the USD1.7tn trade finance gap, now at an all-time high. In the coming years supply chain finance will be a focus of growth for not only major global banks but also for those in emerging markets
We are delighted to join as an institutional partner @BCR and @FCI for the 9th Annual Supply Chain Finance Summit on 24-25th January in Madrid to hear from industry experts to discuss the challenges of creating resilient, sustainable and harmonised payables finance solutions, which form the basis of the future of supply chain financing.
To register for an Early Bird discount please follow: https://bcrpub.com/events/9th-annual-supply-chain-finance-summit
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янв 11, 2023
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2023-01-10 19:00:00
2023-01-10 19:00:00
SME Finance Virtual Marketplace - 2023 January Monthly Session
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, each institution must have:
An institutional profile (company profile and products/services offering)
A personal profile (individuals representing the companies)
Individuals on the Marketplace can explore products and services available (investment products, advisory services, technology solutions...etc. ) and reach out to one another to discuss potential collaboration and partnership.
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.
January Marketplace Session
This monthly marketplace session, scheduled on Wednesday, January 11th from 8 am to 9 am EDT, will feature four insitutions who will present their products/services. Following the presentations, participants can reach out directly to the presenters to make inquiries or explore partnership opportunities!
COMPANIES PITCHING
DigiAlly
Singapore fintech supporting SME lenders and fintech players for better decision-making by providing trust scores to SMEs.
Flow Global
Inclusive fintech enabling small merchants to grow through instant working capital. The company is focused on mobile money float financing, a segment it chose as an entry point and in which it established itself as a trailblazer in Uganda and Rwanda.
Traction
Growth partner for MSMEs in Africa. Their vision is to partner with businesses providing solutions they need for every aspect of business management and growth.
360tf
Singapore fintech with regional offices in India and UAE and more than a decade of Trade Finance experience. They bring the trading world closer by connecting Importers & Exporters with partner banks to fulfill their trade financing requirements and address trade financing gaps.
PRESENTERS
Michael Rothe is Flow Global Founder. He started his career at Citigroup's Inclusive Finance unit conducting risk assessments of microfinance institutions. He spent 4 years at Central Bank of Uganda as resident adviser on digital finance regulations and accompanied previous FinTech start-up (mobile wallet provider in Uganda) from 15,000 to 320,000 customers and set up ecosystem of >6000 merchants. He also consulted on FinTech/digital finance in numerous markets.
Nitin Garg is Flow Global Founder. He started his financial inclusion career managing a branch of an MFI in India. He has 14+ years consulting on digital finance, advised 40+ financial services providers on digital finance operations and product development, including Equity Bank (Kenya), Standard Bank (South Africa), BanColombia (Colombia). He worked for World Bank, UNCDF and MicroSave, endorsed by UK Gov as Exceptional Tech Talent.
Shrikant Patil, DigiAlly CEO and Managing Partner contributed to sustainable business value creation in Fortune 500 companies across 15 countries including North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and India. He has extensive experience in Business and Digital Strategy and multiyear Business Transformations. Large part of Shrikant’s experience has been with financial services, IT services and governments, assisting a wide variety of companies i.e. banks, insurance companies, IT majors and ministries; across a wide range of topics – including Strategy Development and Business Model Innovation, Digital, Cost Optimization and Implementation Support including Change Management. In 2020 Shrikant founded DigiAlly with a vision of unlocking access to SMEs with open data and technology.
Dolapo Adejuyigbe is a co-founder of Traction, a startup focused on empowering businesses with innovative technology solutions that enable business owners to effectively manage and grow their business operations. The vision for Traction is to be the growth partner for African MSMEs in every area of their business including payment solutions, business tools, credit facilities, and community building. Dolapo leverages his 14 years of experience across multiple sectors including startups, research, and consulting, with 7 of those years with McKinsey and Company across Africa and the Middle East. At McKinsey, Dolapo focused on SME financial services and financial inclusion across emerging markets. As part of his experience, he co-founded a B2C fintech in Ghana focused on savings and wealth management. Dolapo was also the COO at Gokada - a ride-hailing startup in Nigeria. Dolapo’s interests mainly lie in financial inclusion, platform aggregation, and distribution optimization, leveraging innovation and technology. Dolapo holds a BCom (Hons) in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management from the University of Cape Town, and a BA degree in Psychology and Communications
Mayowa Alli is a co-founder of Traction - a startup focused on empowering businesses with innovative technology solutions that enable business owners to effectively manage and grow their business operations. Before co-founding Traction, Mayowa served as a consultant at Digital McKinsey and was responsible for building digital products and businesses across Africa, including launching the first digital bank in Africa, the largest health logistics platform in Africa and delivering advanced analytics for a top FMCG player in Nigeria.
He is passionate about small businesses and all things entrepreneurship and seeks to build innovative tools and solutions to enable business growth by leveraging technology.He holds an MBA in entrepreneurship and marketing from a top Ivy League school, Insead Business School.
Vikram Lodha is co-founder & CEO of 360tf. An all-round career banker, Vikram Lodha comes with extensive experience in wholesale banking. In his previous assignment, he helmed the Trade Product & Supply Chain Finance business for Kotak Mahindra Bank in India. Vikram has a demonstrated track record of creating positive business impact by building new revenue streams and leapfrogging growth in every initiative he has undertaken. Vikram is passionate about technology and continuously strives to digitize Trade Finance. Academically, he is a Graduate in Commerce & Post-Graduate in Management.
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янв 09, 2023
Shenzhen/Hybrid
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2023-01-08 19:00:00
2023-01-08 19:00:00
4th International Factoring and Supply Chain Finance Conference
The 4th International Factoring and Supply Chain Finance Conference (IFSCF), held concurrently with the 7th China Commercial Factoring Financing Cooperation Conference (CFFC), is the annual meeting of the commercial factoring industry in China, with participation from government, industry associations, leading Chinese and global financial institutions, supply chain finance experts, fintechs, law firms, universities and many others.
BCR and Shenzhen Factors Association (SZFA) invite you to participate in this annual conference that will address current issues and also celebrate worldwide developments in supply chain finance and receivables finance. Online attendance is free. English simultaneous interpretation throughout the conference.
Dr. Matthew Gamser discusses the state of SME finance in the current turbulent times in the upcoming 4th annual International Factoring and Supply Chain Finance Conference, 9-11 January 2023, Shenzhen, China, co-organised by Shenzhen Factors Association, CFEC and BCR Publishing.
For details, please visit: https://bcrpub.com/4th-international-factoring-and-supply-chain-finance-conference-ifscf
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Communities of Practice
дек 14, 2022
ONLINE
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2022-12-13 19:00:00
2022-12-13 19:00:00
AgriFinance Community of Practice (CoP) - Partnerships with AgTech platform: exploring win-win models.
Registration is open on the Member's portal
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 offerings and better serve the Agri-SMEs.
The CoP session of Agrifinance will explore the various models of AgTech platforms providing access to finance to farmers and SME agribusinesses and the role of partnerships with Financial Institutions. ISF will present its new report that identifies the various models of AgTechs, maps them, and provides some insights on AgTechs in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, and Cote d’Ivoire.
Target audience: SME Finance Forum members, IFC clients, and their guests. By way of background, the SME Finance Forum convenes the AgriFinance CoP meetings every quarter. These meetings are open only to members of the SME Finance Forum. The attendees are senior executives and practitioners from banks, fintech companies, DFIs, NBFIs, and credit guarantees, who operate in over 190 countries. Usually, the meetings have between 40-100 attendees. The invitation could be extended to non-members on a case-by-case basis.
Panelists:
- ISF – Sarah Devermann, Senior Associate
- Apollo Agriculture – Eli Pollak, Founder and CEO;
- Standard Bank Group – Niki Neumann, Executive: Lead Ecosystem Agriculture, Group Innovation.
Moderated by Aditi Shrestha, chaired by Panos Varangis, and hosted by Mathew Gamser.
Sarah is a Senior Associate at ISF, based in California. During her time at ISF, Sarah has focused extensively on the AgTech market in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. She has facilitated research on how AgTechs can leverage their market positioning to promote financial inclusion, gender equality, and climate risk mitigation. Prior to joining ISF, Sarah was a consultant in Deloitte’s Public Sector practice. While at Deloitte, she worked with a number of public sector clients, including USAID, the Library of Congress, and Department of Navy. She is skilled in data analysis, human centered design, and project management. Sarah holds a B.S. in Foreign Service, with a concentration in Global Business, from Georgetown University.
Eli Pollak is the Founder and CEO of Apollo Agriculture. Apollo Agriculture is the commercial farming platform that helps small-scale farmers maximize their profits. Prior to founding Apollo Agriculture, Eli helped build The Climate Corporation, which provides customized recommendations to large-scale farmers using machine learning. Eli studied Engineering at Stanford University and is a Forbes 30 Under 30.
Niki Neumann, Executive at Standard Bank Group, Lead Agriculture Ecosystems. Leads strategic innovation and business growth initiatives for organizations operating in the agricultural value chain. She holds a track record of successfully conceptualizing, building, and launching new business ventures and products enabled by technology and strategic partnerships. With cross-sector experience in African regions, a senior executive leading with passion and pragmatism across the design and implementation of strategies that enable organizations to succeed in an increasingly competitive, digitally enabled, data-driven environment.
Aditi Shrestha is an investment professional with 16 years of experience in development finance and in the private sector, primarily in FCS/ low-income IDA countries and the financial sector. She is an Investment Officer with IFC’s Global Financial Institutions Group, working upstream to attract more private investment in emerging markets, prior to which she worked on IFC investment transactions in the financial and real sector, and on advisory services in Asia and Africa. Before joining IFC, she worked in the private sector specializing in capital and equity markets and co-founded an investment management and management consulting company, and she started her career in private equity and hedge fund management
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.
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дек 13, 2022
Miami
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2022-12-12 19:00:00
2022-12-12 19:00:00
Fintech Nexus - LatAm
Fintech Nexus is Latin America’s leading event for innovation in financial services. 65+ industry experts and changemakers will share their experiences, expertise, and strategies at Fintech Nexus LatAm 2022.
Fintech Nexus sponsors and exhibitors are industry experts here to help you identify new revenue channels and solve big problems.
Our CEO Matt Gamser will be joining Fintech Nexus as a speaker. Register Now to join him and other SME finance experts in Miami.
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