On November 25, the 7th CEE SME Banking Club Conference took place. Our CEE, SEE and Middle East Director, Betül Kurtulus, gave a presentation on the region (watch the replay here) as well as participated in a panel discussion on how to speed up access to finance for SMEs (watch the replay here). This year it was conducted in a hybrid format, connecting in-person attendees and speakers at the Krakow conference venue, and the ones who joined remotely.
CEE21 TOPICS
23 speakers from 17 countries during their presentations and discussion panels covered the topics devoted to SME banking and financial services to that customer segment:
Patrycja Sobczyk (Asseco Poland), Claudio Cungi (Strands), Joanna Dziergas (Comarch), and Federico Avellán Borgmeyer (efcom) conducted a panel on the topic of AI in SME Financial Services.
Paweł Jaszewski (BNP Paribas Bank Polska), Michal Kurowski (Raiffeisen Bank International AG) and Václav Mladěnka (MONET+) presented their experience in the subject of Digital Experience in SME Banking.
Olena Gryniuk (SME Banking Club) and Bogdan Misevets (System Technologies) were looking for an answer to the question: “The best online banking for SMEs – how does it look like?
Daniel Pana (FintechOS), Dimitry Oosthoek (Topicus), Mantvydas Štareika (SME Bank), and Betül Kurtulus (FCI) discussed how to speed up access to finance for SMEs. Michał Pawlik (SMEO) moderated the Panel.
Adi Engel (vcita), Katalin Kauzli (CharlieIndia), Nigel Reavley (FIS), Dániel Kiss (Liferay), Andrey Volkov (System Technologies) advised on how to accelerate the adoption of digital payments among SMEs. Olivier Denis (FIS) led the discussion.
Kate Dunckley (LexisNexis Risk Solutions) and Olena Gryniuk (SME Banking Club) talked about how scams developed, and how to protect bank customers from them by using a multi-layer program.
The last speaker of the day was Daniel Huszár, who wondered about what the world would look like after the COVID-19 pandemic.
WATCH THE RECORDINGS
- Watch the recording of Betül Kurtulus’s Presentation here and Panel discussion here.
- Watch the recording of the Conference Stream here.