The largest conference in the world that focuses exclusively on SME financing
About the Global SME Finance Forum
The Global SME Finance Forum is the SME Finance Forum’s annual flagship event. Since its first edition in 2015, this acclaimed conference has showcased and shaped the latest innovations and best practices in SME Finance.
It is the world’s leading, technically-oriented, geographically diverse platform focused solely on scaling SME financing. The Global Forum takes place in a different country each year, attracting C-level industry leaders from more than 80 countries, as well as leading policymakers and regulators. The Forum is known for bringing to the forefront key trends and innovations in the field, from examining the potential for bank-fintech partnerships back in 2015 when most were talking about bank-fintech competition, to exploring how sustainable financing can be a driver of growth for SMEs.
This year, the world's development agenda gets set at the World Bank Group's Main Complex in Washington, D.C. The D.C. edition follows Johannesburg (2025) and São Paulo (2024), completing a rotation across three continents.
The Global SME Finance Forum 2023 was co-hosted by our member SIDBI and the Indian Banks' Association.
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