Washington, D.C., March 31th, 2020 –AB Bank Zambia became the newest member of the SME Finance Forum, a global membership network that brings together financial institutions, technology companies, and development finance institutions to share knowledge, spur innovation, and promote the growth of SMEs.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing widespread concern and economic hardship for consumers, and SMEs across the globe. It is also causing understandable distress in institutions involved in financing SMEs. The SME Finance Forum has launched a series of weekly virtual roundtables to bring together senior executives from member institutions to share challenges and experiences with respect to crisis management and response.
Washington, D.C., March 27th, 2020 –SimpleCredit became the newest member of the SME Finance Forum, a global membership network that brings together financial institutions, technology companies, and development finance institutions to share knowledge, spur innovation, and promote the growth of SMEs.
The SME Finance Forum is hosting a webinar to share insights from the new report Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2020: An OECD Scoreboard.
Members and non-members are welcome to participate!
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis is proving a huge challenge for small businesses worldwide. This is especially the case since many SMEs have historically been largely “off-line” businesses, relying on personal interaction and a conveniently located physical presence.
Dear Members and Friends,
We stand with our global community to support good public health practices and while we ourselves work remotely, per world bank group policy, we will continue to serve our membership through virtual means.
We are still proceeding with the preparation for our annual conference and immersion programs, as planned. We are cognizant that those plans may change, in which case we will inform you accordingly.
We will share with you regular updates and travel advisories as we move closer to the events.
The SME Finance Forum is proud to announce the launch of the third annual competition of the Global SME Finance Awards 2020, an initiative that recognizes financial institutions and Fintech companies for their outstanding achievements in serving SME clients with exceptional products and services.
Washington, D.C., March 12th, 2020 –FCMB Group, First City Monument Bank Limited, became the newest member of the SME Finance Forum, a global membership network that brings together financial institutions, technology companies, and development finance institutions to share knowledge, spur innovation, and promote the growth of SMEs.
A recap of “Digital Banking Solutions Series on Platforms - Part I" webinar
The SME Finance Forum is hosting a two-session webinar series on Digital Banking Solutions. At the first webinar of the series, we examined how financial institutions connect to fintechs through platforms and can realize the potential of new solutions in SME Finance.
