The banking industry need to understand the finer details of how to address other critical issues involved such as bad debts elimination, relationship building with potential clients and ultimately deriving limitless profit by micro-financing new businesses. The aim is to explore new market opportunities in the fast developing SME sector in order to play an integral part in influencing the market and regulatory bodies, the banking industry need to achieve a balancing act on innovation and globalisation in bringing the capitalisation of the effects to cost and flexibility to enhance wealth creation.

marcus evans ‘4th Annual SME Banking & Financing’ conference will maximise the effectiveness of strategies through proven formulas to develop, differentiate and enhance your SME banking portfolio. Knowing how to carry it out based on market-driven principles to ensure that there would be a win-win situation for all is a must for banks who not only want to improve their ROI but also to develop and grow ahead of the intense competition. Kindly contact Ms Catherine Foo for event details and event brochure.

Why should you attend?

• Formulating the right business model for SMEs through strategic customer centric product development
• Measuring and improving the products, sales strategies as well as overall development of the SME division of your bank
• Designing a local and international credit policy that prevents delinquent accounts and results in fewer debts
• Benchmarking on the latest developments in SME banking and within the SME markets regionally and internationally
• Recognising the right channeling strategies, financing structures and models for micro-financing
• Mastering risk management components to mitigate risks and achieve high return investments
• Enhancing performance measurement with the right marketing techniques and product innovations

Key Topics

• Operational Excellence
• Internal Control
• Competitiveness
• Process Management
• Risk Management in SME
• Performance Measurement
• Half day workshop on product innovation
• Marketing techniques with a focus on Blue Ocean strategy for SME

Who should attend:

Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Directors, Assistant Directors, General Managers, Senior Managers, Managers, Executives of:

• SME Banking
• Corporate Banking
• Business Banking
• Commercial Banking
• Retail Banking
• Relationship Banking
• Credit Divisions
• Corporate Credit Risk
• Channels
• Distribution Networks
• Product Development
• Business Development
• Sales & Marketing

From the following industries:

• Banks
• Investment banks
• SME Banks and Funds
• Financial institutions
• Securitisation firms
• Credit Rating agencies
• Loan agencies
• Credit bureaus
• Credit companies
• Government bodies

Identifying case studies from companies and brands such as:

• Standard Chartered, Singapore
• Citibank UAE
• ICICI Bank Ltd
• HSBC
• Bank Danamon Indonesia
• Bangladesh Bank, the Central Bank of Bangladesh
• Dubai Islamic Bank
• Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)
• ABI – Italian Banking Association
• Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)
• Office of Economic Research, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration
• AWB, Al Watany Bank of Egypt, Subsidiary of National Bank of Egypt (NBK)
• ASSAIF
• Asian Finance Bank
• Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation (SMIDEC)
• Malaysia SME
• ASA International