During the Global SME Finance Forum 2019, Gina Taylor, SVP and General Manager Business Financing of American Express talks about use of data and how they use the information to provide better value to their customers.
During the Global SME Finance Forum 2019, Tony Hadley, Senior Vicepresident, Regulation and Public Policy of Experian talks about the challenges and ethics of the growing use of data and the need of a good data governance program.
During the Global SME Finance Forum 2019, Sharmila Hardi, Senior Manager at IFC, talks about why it matters to invest in women-owned businesses, and why IFC is investing.
Study Visits to Deloitte and ING in Amsterdam on October 9th.
H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development speaks at the Global SME Finance Forum 2019 in Amsterdam. October 7th.
Opening remarks of Hans Peter Lankes, Senior Vice President of Economics and Private Sector Development for the International Finance Corporation, during the opening of the Global SME Finance Forum 2019 in Amsterdam - October 7th
Sharing this interesting video from Asian Development Bank about credit guarantee system expand ing finance for Mongolia’s SMEs. A project is now helping commercial banks lend more easily to SMEs by backing Credit Guarantee Fund’s credit guarantees.
Women in Africa are more likely to be in the labor force than women in other regions. But female-owned businesses typically operate in more crowded markets, they have fewer employees, lower average sales, and less value-added. New research shows that female entrepreneurs can build larger and more profitable companies when they operate in male-dominated sectors. Meet some of these African women who are breaking the mold and venturing into construction and manufacturing.
During the Global SME Finance Forum 2018, Sharmila Hardi, Senior Manager, IFC explains that banks have always perceived SMEs to be quite risky to lend because SMEs usually don’t have track records, the loans they request are rather small and regulators require high risk-weighted assets for SME lending.
“But while banks have exited from lending to SMEs, other key players, particularly fintechs and e-commerce platforms have been stepping in,” Hardi shared.
In the interview, she explored issues aside from finance as a hurdle for SMEs.
