Join Qamar Saleem, Global SME Banking and Value Chain Specialist, IFC and Dr. Eugenio Cavenaghi, Managing Director - Trade, Export & Supply Chain Finance, Banco Santander for a presentation and Q&A.
Competitive pressures, regulations and customer expectations are driving financial institutions to rethink the cost and efficiency of lending and risk management activities. IFC experience shows that greater digitization of the credit process is key to establishing a robust platform to:
Strands develops innovative fintech software that enables banks to offer personalized digital banking experiences. Join Cesar Richardson, VP Sales and Operations (Americas), as he shares Strands' latest innovations making business financial management effortless & efficient for SME banking customers. Strands has started rolling out this solution by partnering with banks worldwide - including Commercial Bank of Africa, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, BBVA, Barclays and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank among others.
2015 was a transformational year for women entrepreneurs and their businesses. Women are starting 1,200 new businesses per day – they are inventing products, solving problems, creating jobs and supporting their communities. The impact is undeniable and the growth is unprecedented, but we have a long way to go before reaching parity. Women continue to lack access to some of the most crucial assets, capital and markets, necessary to launch and grow their businesses. We are at a tipping point. It’s a time for celebration, but also a call-to-action to effectively sustain this momentum.
Many banks around the world have been successful by focusing their services around micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) banking. However, there is a tendency for such banks to focus on the higher end of the MSME market, avoiding the risks and administrative costs that come with serving smaller businesses. Şekerbank in Turkey is an interesting case because it has targeted the lower end of the spectrum in its MSME banking line of business. Şekerbank classifies such businesses as craftsmen and "micro" businesses — referring to a business size in between the craftsmen and small business.
Agricultural finance is crucial to support the growth of the agricultural sector. Indeed, it is essential for food security, job creation, and overall economic growth.
FinTechStage is a conference with an unconventional format that brings together a unique network of innovators obsessed with driving entrepreneurship and investment in Fin Tech.
The goal is to connect three communities: FinTech startups, investors and financial institutions and deliver content and networking specially designed for their needs.
Attention for global regulatory changes and their effects in emerging economies has increased since 1 January 2013 marked the beginning of the implementation period of the third Basel Accord, commonly known as Basel III. The accord was called into life as a successor to Basel II, to restrain and stabilize international financial markets in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. Basel III was created by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which sought to ease the deficiencies that had become evident during the crisis — high leverage ratios and very low capital requirements.
Join us for a dialogue with the McKinsey Global Institute on the case for gender parity.
Azerbaijan has traveled a long way since independence twenty years ago. In the past decade alone the economy has grown five times, thanks in great part to a wealth of oil-based revenue. With steady growth, more and more people have gained employment and overall living standards have risen, especially in the capital city of Baku. However, Azerbaijan now faces some new challenges as the income generated from oil exports is decreasing and the fallout from Russia’s economic downturn damages Azerbaijan’s immediate growth prospects.
