QAMAR SALEEM is CEO of SME Finance Forum, managed by IFC at World Bank Group, working to expand access to finance and services for small and medium businesses globally thus steering economic growth and job creation. Prior to this role, Qamar Saleem was heading IFC’s Financial Institutions Group Advisory Services business for Asia and Pacific leading a large team across 20+ countries aimed at providing integrated client solutions across SME, Gender, Climate, Digital, Housing, Trade, Capital Markets, and Supply Chain Finance. Qamar has been with IFC since 2012 and served in his previous roles as global technical lead for SME and Supply Chain Finance.
Qamar has overall 30+ years of global financial services experience having supported clients across 80+ countries internationally, managing large business lines while leading multi-cultural and cross-functional teams. He is a recognized thought leader, featured speaker, and an industry mentor with several publications and thought pieces to his credit. Prior to IFC, for a period of two decades, Qamar was associated in leadership roles with international organizations like HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank as well as large regional banks in MENA while serving in several emerging markets where he also led SME Banking, Transaction Banking, and Commercial Banking Divisions.
Roundtable 3
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The UNDP, MAS, and other international parties have launched a concept called Universal Trusted Credentials (UTC). This unique concept will enable MSMEs to create digital identities and trusted credentials through a non-collaterized set of date points. Once these UTC are accepted by financial institutions, MSMEs will be able to access a wider and deeper level of financing. This concept has a huge potential to uplift MSMEs globally.
The UNDP will host a session for UTC introducing it as a concept, highlighting its current progress, and seeking areas for which it could further advance. The panel members include senior central bank leaders and financial institution partners.
The aims of the session are to:
1. Advance industry thinking on UTC and specifically around process and benefits.
2. Harness collective experience and best-practices.
3. Connect with different countries in order to expand and deepen UTC use in represented markets.
Hall 6, Singapore EXPO
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SMEs have a significant economic impact globally, but many lack the financial knowledge to advance their businesses. Financial literacy is a key component of enabling SMEs to gain the knowledge to grow their businesses. The SFE program will introduce two new courses specifically for SMEs. Key central and development banking leaders will participate in this session to share their experiences in uplifting SMEs and the impact it had in their countries.
This session will delve into the importance of financial literacy for SMEs in order to enable them to grow their companies and have a greater economic impact.
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