The roundtable discussion comprising of business heads/CEOs driving the SME banking businesses from across the world, we would discuss key topic shaping the future of SME financial services which resonates with theme of the conference:
a) Access to markets – how can ecosystem be strengthened for SMEs to trade competitively in domestically and internationally;
b) Access to skills - how the skills required for SMEs to succeed are radically changing and role of FIs in helping SMEs in the value of death;
c) Access to Finance – which new instruments to prioritise (e.g. equity, embedded finance, sustainable finance, capital market solutions etc) and new segments to prioritise (e.g. creative industries, Health-Tech/Ag Tech/Insure-tech; D2C – Direct-to-Consumer).
The SME Banking Leaders league is an ongoing group of leaders who form a recently created thinktank led by SME Finance Forum members. Objective would be for the recommendations to be taken forward by the core league and turn into an actionable plan with key milestones agreed.
