SME Finance Forum Overview June 2014

SME Finance ForumClosing the Finance Gap

An OverviewJune, 2014

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The SME Finance Forum

• Initiated by the G20 countries/managed by IFC

• Unique global effort in knowledge sharing on SME finance and best practice/case studies

• Website for news, events, publications, tools

LinkedIn: 2600+ members and 600+ active discussions

Women’s Finance Hub

IFC Enterprise Finance Gap data (and more)

• Networking and peer learning: global and regional events

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Online Knowledge Bank

Virtual platform to share knowledge and promote good practices in SME access to finance, including women-owned SMEs: Promote collaboration Promote successful business models Disseminate research and data

Accelerate financial inclusion for SMEs

1700+ news, events, publications, tools

200+ new items added every month

5,000 visits and 13,000 page views per month

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SME Data

Forum as a Portal Make existing SME data public and digest-able Fund strategic research as needed Create consistent data standards and formats Create interactive maps and charts for analysis

and decision-making Private data options for members

Currently available Created interactive maps and charts for the IFC

Enterprise Finance Gap database

Coming soon Visualize the SME component of the IMF

Financial Access Survey Visualize the IFC Reach database, which reports

on MSMEs funded by IFC client banks worldwide “Reach” data from other IFIs/DFIs

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SME Finance Events

The SME Finance Forum and Women’s Finance Hub also act as conveners and have supported several learning events including:

• IFC regional client meetings• Finovate• Foromic 2013• Innovator’s Series• IFI-DFI Working Group meeting• AFI SME Working group meeting• OECD-ADB joint conference on SME Finance• Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion – Annual

Forum• USAID-IFC speaker series – Financing Women

Entrepreneurs for Growth

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The Future: A Member-based Forum

Conversion to be implemented by December 2015

Conversion to be implemented by December 2015

Conversion to be implemented by December 2015

NetNetworking/Peer LearningData

Links to Fintech servicesGood Practice Cases

Advocacy

OTH

ER IFIs/DFIs

IFCSME

FINANCE FORUM

COMMERCIAL BANKSAND OTHER FIs/fintech

COMMERCIAL BANKSAND OTHER FIs/fintech

(20+) (200+)

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Membership Benefits

• Privileged access to customized data analysis on and benchmark your own SME portfolio

performance against those of your peers

• Free webinars (members only) on topics of members’ interests (including successful case studies,

relevant SME finance data analysis)

• Exchange visits to high performing peers

• Priority access/reduced fees at all meetings

• Global FI/IFI/DFI/Fintech Contacts directory/info exchange services

• Reduced admission to Finovate global expos

• Voice in IFI/DFI SME Finance Working Group, the G20, Alliance for Financial Inclusion and other

global policy-making networks

• Public demonstration of commitment to SME finance

– Special 2015 G20 top-level “relaunch” event planned for Turkey

Only $5,000-25,000/year dues (based on asset size) provides

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Turkish G20 Presidency Re-Launch Event

Target date = August-November 2015

• Forum members to share platform with G20 leaders

• Declare their goals for closing SME finance gap

• Highlight their institutions’ performance to date

Venue = Turkey, TBD

• Audience of policymakers,

financiers, innovators, media

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Team and Donors

Matthew Gamser, Head

[email protected]

Hourn Thy, Operations & Technical Support

[email protected]

Nadia Afrin, KM & Web Communication

[email protected]

Minerva Kotei, Women’s Finance Hub

[email protected]

Nothando Nyathi, Administration

[email protected]

Our Team Donors

Support for the SME Finance Forum:

Support for the G20 Finance Innovation Fund provided by:

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Webwww.smefinanceforum.org

www.womensfinancehub.org

LinkedlnSME Finance Fourm.org

Twitter@SMEFinanceFourm