Date: 31-30 May 2019 Location: Istanbul, Turkey during MFC Annual Conference 2019 The Social Ivestors and Technology Fair will bring together socially-oriented  investors and technology companies with MFIs seeking funding and technological solutions.  The Fair will provide a space for one-on-one to discuss funding needs opportunities, and explore potential new financial and techlogolical partnerships. The Social Ivestors and Technology Fair participants: The European ...

Dates:  30–31 May 2019 Location:  Istanbul, Turkey  Conference website: mfc2019.org Register today We are pleased to announce that over 400 delegates from 43 countries have booked their place at the MFC Annual Conference 2019. The event promises to be one of the most significant events in the financial inclusion sector! Only one week left to register! The conference registration closes on 15 May. Don’t miss your ...

Date: 30 May 2019 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Session during MFC Annual Conference 2019 The session in the format of speed dating will facilitate networking opportunities between conference participants: fintechs, investors, microfinance practitioners. The selected investors, fintechs and other providers offering digital solutions for financial inclusion will have designed tables to host conference participants. During few rounds participants will have a chance to learn ...

Date: 31 May 2019 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Workshop during MFC Annual Conference 2019 People, who use their strengths every day are six times more likely to be engaged in their work and three times more likely to say they have an excellent quality of life. The TANGO workshop, which stands for Trust, Agility, Naturalness, Guidance and Openness, focuses on developing communication skills and ...

Date: 30 May 2019 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Pre-conference workshop during MFC Annual Conference 2019 When we say “processes and systems”, we mean internal platforms and operational systems that process information and support organizational data management. In short, they are the backbone of a well-functioning organization, and a necessary component for microfinance institutions that embark on digital transformation. The workshop will discuss ways of ...

Date: 29 May 2019 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Pre-conference workshop during MFC Annual Conference 2019 Modern marketers have a wealth of potential digital marketing solutions at their fingertips for social media marketing, email marketing, digital advertising, content creation, search engine optimization (SEO) and affiliate marketing. This workshop will explore leading example of engaging web pages and financial service apps, and give ...

We will be happy to welcome you at the Sultan Gala Dinner in the evening at the first day of MFC Annual Conference 2019 (30 May) with mesmerising atmosphere and good food for relaxed networking and lively conversation on emerging topics. The Gala Dinner will be held in the Feriye Palace, which is considered to be one of the most interesting ...

We are delighted to announce Tim Ogden will be a keynote speaker at the MFC Annual Conference 2019! In his keynote speech “The Case for Investing in Microfinance Future”, Tim will focus on the current, rather dramatic trends in technology backed finance and the next frontiers in financial inclusion. Tim is the managing director of the Financial Access Initiative (FAI) a research ...

When the first Fintechs appeared, experts predicted they would usurp mainstream finance—later scaling back their predictions to mere ‘disruption’. The increasingly dominant view, however, is that while Fintechs will catalyse advances in the finance industry as a whole, they are likely to do so as collaborators with astute incumbents, rather than direct competitors. The landscape of future collaboration between Fintechs ...

Date: 29 May 2019 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Topic: Women’s financial inclusion Pre-conference event of the MFC Annual Conference Globally, 2 billion people remain unbanked and women lag behind men in terms of access to formal accounts, credit and savings products. 80% of women-owned small businesses have unmet credit needs, resulting in a credit gap of up to $320 billion. Closing the gender gap in ...