Joint FSG-SAPF Webinar: Specialized Institutions to Facilitate SME Financing

via Zoom

SME lending schemes in DMCs are designed to help promote their access to finance. SAPF and SDCC-FSG hosted a webinar on 25 February 2021 to discuss SME financing challenges and their effects, with a focus on the role of government-supported SME financing institutions such as the Industrial Bank of Korea and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Alternative Credit Scoring

Are lending institutions seeing the full picture of their consumer? Does traditional credit report data tell the full story? Most lenders today are ignoring a wealth of alternative data by relying solely on traditional credit information to make decisions. Enter alternative credit data. With access to alternative credit data, such as alternative financial services, “consumer-permissioned” data, and more, lenders will gain a more complete view of their current and future customers and extend financial services to those that have traditionally not had access in the past.

Philippines: Cloud Based Core Banking to Expand Reach of Banking Services

In June 2017, ADB and Cantilan Bank Inc. (CBI) signed an agreement to conduct a pilot study on cloud-based core banking technology. The pilot was supported by the central bank of the Philippines, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which placed the pilot in a regulatory sandbox while related regulation and processes were updated. Oradian was engaged as service provider.