Making Capital Accessible for SMEs

  • 3 years ago
The pandemic brought out the glaring need to build the financial resilience of small businesses. The World Bank estimates that Indian MSMEs suffer from the current credit gap of $380 billion. No wonder, several SMBs are reporting to be either out of funds or having little less than one month of working capital left to continue their operations.

Key Takeaways:
1) Role of cash flow lending versus balance sheet lending
2) How the role of traditional lenders has to change
3) Gaps that fin-tech firms are filling in
4) Can TReDS platforms help?
5) Solutions required to enable SMEs get credit at lower interest

Speakers:
1. Ketan Gaikwad, MD & CEO, Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL)
2. Rajesh Dubey, Advisor (Finance), FISME
3. R N Iyer, Founder CEO, Vayana Network
4. Sumant Rampal, Senior Executive Vice President, Business Banking and Healthcare Finance, HDFC Bank

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