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SME Lending in Africa – Leveraging Data + AI for Smarter Decisions

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SME Lending in Africa –
Leveraging Data + AI for Smarter Decisions

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How to Power Rapid Approvals and Improve your SME Lending Strategy

In Africa, SMEs provide approximately 80% of jobs, representing a critical driver for the economy in the region. But 51% of these businesses require more funding than they have access to, and 28% of SMEs in the region are fully credit constrained (source). Waiting months or even weeks for credit approval and funding can mean the difference between innovation and business closure.

Traditional financial services organizations may find lending to SMEs difficult, but fintechs, challenger banks, and digital banks are rising to the challenge. Simplified application processes, rapid approvals, and improved accessibility to funds makes working with digital lenders an obviously attractive choice.

Because if you aren’t making it easy for SMEs to get the credit they need, your competitors will.

Watch now for a live panel discussion, where we speak with industry experts on ways to leverage data and artificial intelligence to ensure accessibility to credit for SMEs.

Key Takeaways:

  • Power faster, simplified application processes
  • Make smarter, faster decisions and get to market faster
  • Future-proof your decision technology to keep up as market trends/demands evolve
  • Use advanced, predictive analytics like AI to keep risk in check
  • Leverage real-time, historical and alternative data to ensure a more holistic view of creditworthiness


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Infographic: Pivot Now, Profit Later – Building Sustainable BNPL

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Pivot Now, Profit Later –
Building Sustainable BNPL

BNPL regulations are looming as market demand is changing. How can providers pivot along with the evolving industry? Discover the key elements your BNPL strategy needs to help you stay ahead of the curve and pivot to profitability.

Learn to optimize accuracy and reduce risk, stay relevant with platform flexibility, and center the customer experience – in short, build sustainable BNPL. It’s all in the infographic!

Pivot to BNPL Profitability

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Pivot To Profitability: Evolving Your Buy Now, Pay Later Strategy

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Pivot To Profitability:
Evolving Your Buy Now, Pay Later Strategy

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Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) has come a long way since it shook up e-commerce at the height of the pandemic. While it was once the poster child for fintech innovation, the backlash against the point-of-sale loans has set in. BNPL providers can no longer afford to acquire customers at any cost – it’s time to shift strategies and pivot to profitability.

Explore how you can future-proof your BNPL technology and build a sustainable strategy that will outlast coming regulation, keep up with changing markets, and reflect economic conditions – all with unshakeable accuracy. Read the eBook to get started!

Read the eBook to discover:

  • Global BNPL challenges and opportunities
  • What to expect from upcoming regulation
  • How to pivot your strategies to become profitable
  • The future-proof technology you need for sustainable success

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Pioneering the Future of Low-Risk Consumer Lending

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Pioneering the Future
of Low-Risk Consumer Lending

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Navigating New Credit Products, Financial Inclusion and Beyond

Consumer lending is changing. How can you remain on the forefront of this $11 billion market? By offering flexible, digital experiences built around your customers. But how do you innovate new products, stay on trend, and grow your business, all while effectively keeping your risk in check? You need the right technology, the right risk strategy, and agile tactics that can enable you to capture low-risk, high-reward opportunities.

Watch now to explore the power of data and AI-driven credit risk decisioning for forward-thinking consumer lenders. Experts from Provenir and Vesta will share insights into why accurate risk assessment is the key to reaching new markets, the flexible features your tech needs to keep up with evolving trends, and how the use of integrated data-rich decisioning ecosystems can help credit providers pioneer the future of low-risk consumer lending.

Key takeaways:

  • Insights into the latest consumer and industry trends like the evolution of BNPL
  • How to enhance your credit risk strategy to incorporate financial inclusion and unlock new addressable markets
  • Ways to accelerate approvals with automated, real-time decisioning
  • How to streamline customer onboarding with traditional and alternative data for more accurate decisions and personalized offers
  • The ways agile tech designed for business users can help you launch new products and get to market faster

Speakers:

  • Waldemar Faltenberg

    Regional Manager DACH, Provenir

  • Gabriel Pascual

    Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships, Vesta (ex-Mastercard)

  • Jide Davies

    Head of Customer Underwriting, NewDay

  • Hrishi Talwar

    Chief Product Officer, Vesta

  • Tim Moulton

    Canadian Country Head, Humm Group


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TDS Mini: Fintech Cheat Sheet (Part 2)

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TDS Mini:
Fintech Cheat Sheet (Part 2)

We’re back for part two of our TDS Mini series, breaking down the first half of 2023.

Our regional experts will give you the SparkNotes version of what happened in H1, where you should focus your attention now, and what to expect in H2 – all in three minutes each! 

In our second and final part, we hear from José Vargas (Executive Vice President and General Manager, LatAm), Kathy Stares (Executive Vice President, North America) and Adrian Pillay (Vice President of Sales, Middle East and Africa). Learn about recent regional investment trends and their implications, discover how mindsets about risk, financial inclusion, and data are changing, and get the outlook for SMEs, incumbents, and experiential banking in H2.

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Fireside Chat: Maximizing Member Experiences with Better Technology, Data + Automation

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Fireside Chat:
Maximizing Member Experiences with Better Technology, Data + Automation

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How Real-Time Data Can Power Instant Decisions and Superior Member Experiences

Do you find it challenging to balance your members’ increasing demands for fast, automated approvals, with the personal, friendly experience you’re known for? You aren’t alone. But utilizing technology that enables better consumer experiences and the automation of data integration and credit risk decisions can help – ensuring speed and agility, while still offering a more personalized member experience. 

Join Provenir and Inovatec for a fireside chat where we’ll be sharing insights on how better data means better decisions – for your business and for your members. 

Key Highlights:

  • Gain valuable insight into the latest consumer and industry trends, including specific case study examples
  • The ways integrating real-time data, including alternative data sources, can help you manage risk, explore new channels via custom portals, and respond to market changes faster
  • How to utilize advanced analytics to optimize pricing and make more personalized offers to your members
  • Why a unified solution for data and decisioning drives the agility and flexibility needed to power exceptional member experiences
  • How to improve fraud detection and prevention with real-time data access so you can focus on your creditworthy members
  • Ways to maximize the value of your members beyond onboarding, including post-loan management, personalized upsell/cross-sell/renewal offers, collections strategies and more

Speakers:

  • Bob Metodiev

    Inovatec, Head of Business Development

  • Cheryl Woodburn

    Provenir, Country Manager, Canada


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Maximizing the Value of Your Customers: Better Data = Better Results

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Maximizing the Value of Your Customers:
Better Data = Better Results

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With a shifting economic landscape and increasingly high expectations from consumers (including instant credit approvals, rapid onboarding, personalized offers, and superior experiences), how can lenders enable growth across their lending portfolio while still mitigating risk? The key is data.

Better data = smarter, more accurate risk decisions, at onboarding and beyond. In this discussion, we’ll look at how the right data is key for lenders to generate revenue growth and maximize the value of both prospects and current customers.

Key takeaways:

  • Improving fraud detection and prevention with real-time data access so you can say yes to more creditworthy customers
  • How to ensure more accurate underwriting, so you can continue to grow your revenue, even in challenging economic times
  • Ways to maximize customer value beyond onboarding, including post-loan management, personalized upsell/cross-sell/renewal offers, collection strategies and more
  • Industry trends, including embedded finance and open banking – and why the right data is key to success

Speakers:

  • Kathy Stares

    EVP Americas, Provenir

  • Al Periu

    CEO Americas, Zilch

  • Chris Martin

    VP Head of Digital Product, Regional Finance

  • Bridget Hussain

    VP Consumer Lending, UNFCU


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TDS Mini: Fintech Cheat Sheet (Part 1)

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The first half of 2023 has blown by in the blink of an eye, so we’re breaking it down in this two-part TDS Mini series.

Our regional experts will give you the SparkNotes version of what happened in H1, where you should focus your attention now, and what to expect in H2 – all in three minutes each! 

In part one, we hear from Frode Berg (Managing Director, Europe) who will share his thoughts on the UK market, and from Bharath Vellore (General Manager, Asia Pacific), who is covering his entire region. Learn how mortgages can help us better understand the economy, get the scoop on new AI developments, and look to the future with digital banking and embedded finance.

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Achieving Frictionless Fraud Prevention: Striking the Perfect Balance of Risk & User Experience

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Achieving Frictionless Fraud Prevention:
Striking the Perfect Balance of Risk & User Experience

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In today’s digital landscape, any form of friction can deter quality customers, while a lack of it can attract fraudsters. To maintain a competitive edge, businesses need to find the ideal line that ensures a seamless experience for genuine customers while effectively protecting against fraudulent activities. 

In this session, industry leaders Provenir and Socure will discuss:

  • The core principles of frictionless fraud prevention
  • Valuable insights and practical strategies to help you navigate challenges.
  • How advanced technologies and data analytics can be leveraged to assess risks in real-time.
  • Through engaging case studies and success stories, gain inspiration and actionable takeaways to build a robust fraud prevention strategy that safeguards your business while creating a seamless experience for your customers


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TDS Mini: Want to Launch AI/ML? You Need a Data Detox

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AI, banks vs fintechs, alternative data – how do all of these hot topics fit together?

Get the whole picture with a quick, insightful look at emerging technology and the future of fintech with Provenir’s Chief Product Officer, Carol Hamilton, and Finovate’s VP and Director of Fintech Strategy, Greg Palmer.

Listen to the full fireside chat here.

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Carol Hamilton, Chief Product Officer, Provenir

Greg Palmer, VP and Director of Fintech Strategy, The Finovate Group


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