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NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2016
The Global SME Finance Forum 2016 will foster greater understanding of leading trends in financial innovation around the world in order to encourage adoption, replication, and creation of new ways of providing appropriate financing alternatives to the SME sector. 
Learn how innovative fintech software is helping small businesses better manage cash flow, invoicing and income forecasting while providing banks valuable insights about how to serve them better. 
This industry report is aimed at tracking the growth and development of the UK alternative finance market. It looks beyond the sheer numbers to identify the emerging industry trends and analyze the market dynamics of specific alternative finance models.
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Keep abreast of latest innovations in the banking and financial technology industry. View in-depth demos from cutting-edge startups and leading established companies. Contact Nadia Afrin to get your SME Finance Forum member discount.    


The FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards is a unique global program that highlights ground-breaking, long-term private sector solutions to key development issues.
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In the past 10 years crowdfunding has evolved into a $16 billion market. This paper captures lessons learned from East African entrepreneurs who were some of crowdfunding's first adopters.



The Fintech 100 report gives an in-depth look into those global companies that are taking advantage of technology and driving disruption within the financial services industry. 
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Financial settlement services platform Ripple announced a partnership that will boost its expansion into a region where it has seen lots of local interest and growth potential.
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Alternative lenders now question the value of social media data to predict credit risk
 
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