How can MFIs and banks better serve agricultural clients?
Date: July 20-24, 2015
1st LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN FORUM FOR INNOVATION IN SME FINANCE
Date: September 21 and 22 2015
Location: Medellin, Colombia
The FINPYME Forum aims to improve access to finance for SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean by providing a dynamic space for dialogue and exchange of the latest knowledge, global expertise and best practices in financial innovation that can help financial intermediaries throughout the region to improve risk management capacities and customer service in order to expand their SME portfolios.
Payments Innovation Summit
Date: June 11 & 12 2015
Location: San Francisco
Payments Innovation Summit is the premier gathering of business and thought leaders, representing the most profitable payments market leaders, innovators and disrupters in the industry. It is a unique platform for corporate practitioners to exchange practical solutions for optimizing your payments operations.
Show Me the Data: Evidence & Experience on SMEs
Date: May 19
Location: Washington DC +Webinar
Digital disruptors already impacting Australian SME lending
Tech innovators are making serious inroads into the Australian commercial lending and residential property markets.
Following its entry into the Australian credit space in December, peer-to-peer lending platform ThinCats Australia has partnered with over 150 lenders, 80 finance brokers and has generated a strong pipeline of SME loans.
Africa Financial Services Investment Conference 2015
Date: 12&13 May
Location: Brighton, UK
Demystifying the Bitcoin Blockchain: The Potential and Challenges of Digital Money
In its six years of existence, bitcoin has grabbed media attention – not always for the best reasons. Ignored in much of the coverage of the ups and downs of this often misunderstood digital currency are the far-reaching applications of its underlying technology, the so-called blockchain ledger. The blockchain has the capacity to remove middlemen from financial transactions, create payment tools for the “unbanked,” improve official and corporate transparency and enhance recordkeeping.
The power of data for financial inclusion: opportunities, challenges and ethics
Date: May 19 2015
Location: Washington DC - IDB Headquarters
OECD: Alternative funding options crucial for SMEs
Alternative funding options will remain an integral part of small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) financial toolset as credit for them remains constrained, according to two OECD reports.