With Africa’s population to hit 1.7 billion and projected to yield USD6.7 trillion in GDP by 2030, it is served by one of the most developed tech verticals in FinTech. African FinTechs remains as a hotbed for investment, with revenues expected to reach to US$30.3billion[1] by 2025. This panel explores the opportunities for Fintech in …
Africa, The Big Opportunity – Are FinTechs Missing the Plot? Read More »
**$5.2 Trillion Financing Gap for Micro SMEs** In the Banking for Business series of sessions at SFF this year, regulators, policy makers and industry leaders will discuss and debate the current state of financing in the micro and small business sectors and what’s required to drive greater digitisation. Get the latest insights into one of …
While businesses are often assessed by their ability to pay, MSMEs/SMEs in emerging markets often require a different approach to assessing their financing ability. This panel explores how alternative credit models and the use of intent to pay would be better placed to assess and extent credit to SMEs. – How can regulators leapfrog current …
Regulators Coffee Chat – The Need for New Credit Models for Lending to SMEs Read More »
This session will cover: – Advancements in AI for banking and key areas of AI implementation in banks – Obstacles to AI implementation in banking – What are the key use cases banks should focus to apply AI in the near future? What are some aspects of responsible AI that are overlooked in banking? Dong …
A Stocktake – Has AI Failed to Deliver in Banking? Read More »
The key theme for 3rd Nov is building responsible and sustainable business models – with a large focus on ESG. As well as discussing payment trends, this session should focus on how these leaders are injecting more **responsible and sustainable practices** into their business. Sanat Rao, CEO, Infosys Finacle, Samba Natarajan, Senior Vice President, Growth Markets, PayPal, …
This panel explores the importance for governments to support public and private digital initiatives for their local businesses and the role of women MSMEs in promoting sustainable and inclusive digital growth. – How have governments and multilateral organisations adapted through policy and initiatives to plug their SMEs into global digital economy and value chains? – …
SME Growth Story – Inclusive, Digitalisation & Partnerships Read More »
As digital banks in APAC takes off and the fight for consumers begins, this panel will hear from the digital banks on the essential products for profitability and how they have adjusted their approach to the local operating context. – What are the main product differentiations of digital banks from traditional financial institutions (FI) in …
Driving New Digital Bank Profitability – Comprehensive SME Banking Read More »
**$5.2 Trillion Financing Gap for Micro SMEs** In the Banking for Business series of sessions at SFF this year, regulators, policy makers and industry leaders will discuss and debate the current state of financing in the micro and small business sectors and what’s required to drive greater digitisation. Get the latest insights into one of …
