MSMEs and Electronic Payments

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Presentation by Matt Gamser, ACCOP, March 2013

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MSMEs and Electronic Payments

Matt GamserHead, SME Finance Forum

Advisory Committee on Corporate Payments Perugia, March 2012

SME Finance Forum Mission

Promote and disseminate global knowledge and good practices in SME finance to accelerate financial inclusion for SMEs

Background

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Launched on April 19, 2012

Achievements to date

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Promotion of innovative approaches to promote SME finance/SME Finance Challenge

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soon!

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Our TeamMatthew Gamser, Headmgamser@ifc.org

Hourn Thy, Operations & Technical Supportshthy@ifc.org

Nadia Afrin, KM & Web Communicationnafrin@ifc.org

Minerva Kotei, Women’s Finance HubMkotei@ifc.org

Nothando Nyathi, Administrationnnyathi@ifc.org

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Formal SME credit gap remains as large as ever at ~ $ 1 Trillion

Today 55-68% of formal SMEs in emerging markets are either unserved or underserved

82-86% (~ 0.8-0.9 Tn) of total credit gap of formal SMEs in emerging markets is represented by formal SMEs that already have a deposit account

But financial institutions face 6 main challenges when lending to SMEs

….. And banks need capacity to address these challenges

Myths and Opportunities #1

Myths and Opportunities #2

Myths and Opportunities # 3

And maybe all of us?

MSME and Payments

• More electronic transactions lower information costs• More electronic transactions save time and money for firms• More electronic transactions offer alternative portfolio

management options

Issues:• Payments data availability• Movable assets/secured transactions rights/regulations• Inter-operability• Financial institution capacity/awareness

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