MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance & NBFCs Exhibition Cum Conference; October 11, 2018; Kolkata, India

The Fifth Microfinance & NBFCs Exhibition Cum Conference is intended to provide business development opportunities for microfinance institutions (MFIs) and non-banking financial companies (NBFC). The conference agenda includes case studies of NBFCs and MFIs; leadership awards; and panel discussions with titles such as: (1) Adoption and Affordability of Technologies: Challenges & Implications; (2) Safe & Secure Digital Customer Services; (3) and Collaboration & Partnerships: Key for Sustenance in the Changing Economy.

The confirmed list of speakers includes:
– Subrata Mandal, Chief General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
– P Satish, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan
– Harsh Srivastava, CEO, Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)
– Kuldip Maity, Managing Director, Village Financial Services

Background on Organizers:

India-based B2B Infomedia organizes summits in domains such as finance, healthcare, education with the goal of generating constructive dialogue and business opportunities for participants.

Sa-Dhan is an association of Indian community development finance institutions, including MFIs, self-help groups (SHGs), banks and cooperatives. As of 2018, its 190 members serve 29 million customers and hold an aggregate gross loan portfolio of INR 468 billion (USD 6.8 billion). For the year ending March 31, 2017, Sa-Dhan reported annual revenue of INR 25 million (USD 391,000).

MFIN is a trade association of 47 non-banking finance companies that offer microcredit in India.

FIDC is a group of NBFCs in India that seeks to maintain a code of conduct for its members while presenting a unified face of the sector. For the year ending March 2017, it reports gross income of INR 2.7 million (USD 37,000).

FIDC, MFIN, and Sa-Dhan have been recognized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as self-regulatory organizations, giving them the power to monitor their members, including the responsibility to document that they meet various standards for client protection.

Cost: The fee to attend is USD 300 per person.

Event Website: http://mineindia.b2binfomedia.com/

To register, you may contact Mr. Anupam Gupta at +91 971 743 9934 or anupam[at]b2binfomedia.com.

By Anuhya Tadepalli, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources

Event agenda
http://mineindia.b2binfomedia.com/#agenda

Sa-Dhan website
http://www.sa-dhan.net/

Microfinance Institutions Network website
http://mfinindia.org/our-members/

Finance Industry Development Council website
http://www.fidcindia.com/

B2B Infomedia website
http://www.b2binfomedia.com/

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