Last week in the United States of America, the SME friendly
Bank received honourable mentions and certificates in two prestigious award
categories – “SME Financier of the Year” and “Best Bank for Women
Entrepreneurs” – at the highly competitive Global SME Finance Summit and Awards
2021 organised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the
World Bank Group.
According to the IFC, the honourable mention of FCMB in the
“SME Financier of the Year” award category is in recognition of the Bank’s
outstanding service to businesses operating in International Development
Association (IDA) countries and fragile and conflict-affected situations.
In addition, in the “Best Bank for Women Entrepreneurs”
category, FCMB was commended for offering exceptional services, including
funding and capacity building, to women-owned businesses.
Endorsed by G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion
(GPFI) and the SME Finance Forum, the Global SME Finance Awards was launched in
2018. It celebrates the outstanding achievements of financial institutions and
fintech companies in delivering exceptional products and services to their SME
clients that have achieved impressive results.
Speaking on this year’s summit and awards, the CEO of the
Forum, Mr Matthew Gamser, said, “Every year we see more and more impressive
institutions doing incredible things to help improve SMEs’ access to finance.
We see great innovations, we see new opportunities for
redressing past imbalances due to gender, age and other inequities, and we see
new ways to put the customer first and ensure that financing is responsible and
truly beneficial.
The 2021 competition brings us more of the same – bigger
innovations, bigger achievements, and bigger potential”.
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